边

See also: 邊, 邉, and 辺

边 U+8FB9, 边 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FB9 ← 辸 [U+8FB8] CJK Unified Ideographs 辺 → [U+8FBA]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	邊
Shinjitai	辺
Simplified	边

Han character

边 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜大尸 (YKS), composition ⿺辶力)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1253, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38709
• Dae Jaweon: page 1735, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3815, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8FB9

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 邊 (臱 → 力). Officially adopted as the simplified form of 邊 in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (《漢字簡化方案》) in 1956.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 边 – see 邊 (“edge; side; margin; brim; decorative border; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 邊).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Vietnamese

Han character

边: Hán Nôm readings: biên, ben, bên, ven

1. side; edge