辺

See also: 道, 邊, 邉, and 边

辺	U+8FBA, 辺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FBA

← 边
[U+8FB9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

辻 →
[U+8FBB]

Translingual

Traditional	邊
Shinjitai	辺
Simplified	边

Han character

辺 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸竹 (YSH), four-corner 3730₂, composition ⿺辶刀)

Derived characters

𬵑

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1253, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38710
Dae Jaweon: page 1735, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3815, character 5
Unihan data for U+8FBA

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1: Simplified from 道, where the original phonetic component 首 (OC *hljuʔ, *hljus) was replaced with the more apparent and less complicated phonetic component 刀 (dāo).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 辺 – see 道 (“way; path; road; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 道).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	辺
Kyūjitai	邊

Kanji

辺

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 邊)

Readings

Go-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
Kan-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
Kun: あたり (atari, 辺り, Jōyō)、べ (be, 辺, Jōyō)、へ (he, 辺)、へた (heta, 辺)、へち (hechi)、ほとり (hotori, 辺)
Nanori: なべ (nabe)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
辺
へん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
邊 (kyūjitai)

/pen/ → /fen/ → /hen/

From Middle Chinese 邊 (MC pen, “edge; margin, border; nearby, vicinity”).

Pronunciation 1

(Tokyo) へん [hèń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

辺(へん) • (hen)

(colloquial) place, general area, vicinity
彼(かれ)はその辺(へん)にいるはずだ。
Kare wa sono hen ni iru hazu da.
He must be there or somewhere.

Pronunciation 2

(Tokyo) へん [héꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

辺(へん) • (hen)

(geometry) the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; edge, [side]
(graph theory) any of the connected pairs of the vertices in a graph; edge

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
辺
へ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
邊 (kyūjitai) 方

/pe₁/ → /pe/ → /fe/ → /he/

From Old Japanese. The root of the modern Japanese directional particle へ (e).^[3]^[1]^[4]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へ [héꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [he̞]

This pitch accent pattern only applies to the noun sense.

Noun

辺(へ) • (he)

place, general area, vicinity

Suffix

辺(へ) • (-he)

(obsolete) place, general area, vicinity

Usage notes

The suffix sense underwent phonological changes, with the reading shifting to either e or be. See also be below.

Derived terms

家(いえ) (ie): home, abode, house
古(いにしえ) (inishie): a long time ago
沖(おき)辺(へ) (okihe): offshore, the open ocean
末(すえ)辺(へ) (suehe): the area towards the end of something; the area near the summit of a mountain
前(まえ) (mae): front; forward
本(もと)辺(へ) (motohe): the area towards the beginning of something; the area near the base or foothills of a mountain
行(ゆく)方(え) (yukue): one's destination, one's whereabouts
後(しり)方(え) (shirie): back; backward

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
辺
べ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
邊 (kyūjitai) 方

/pe₁/ → /pe/ → /be/

From Old Japanese, from pe above.^[3]^[1]^[4] The he changes to be as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [be̞]

Suffix

辺(べ) • (-be)

place, general area, vicinity

Derived terms

天(あま)辺(べ) (amabe)
海(うみ)辺(べ) (umibe)
岡(おか)辺(べ) (okabe)
沖(おき)方(べ) (okibe): offshore, the open ocean
上(かみ)辺(べ) (kamibe)
川(かわ)辺(べ) (kawabe)
岸(きし)辺(べ) (kishibe)
下(しも)辺(べ) (shimobe)
窓(まど)辺(べ) (madobe)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
辺
へた Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
邊 (kyūjitai) 端

From Old Japanese.^[3]^[1]^[4] Originally a compound of 辺 (he, “vicinity”, see he above) +‎ た (ta, “place, area”, the same ta element in 貴方 anata, now “you” in modern Japanese but previously meaning “that one over there”).^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [he̞ta̠]

Noun

辺(へた) • (heta)

(obsolete) the area near something or along the edge of something

Suffix

辺(へた) • (-heta)

the area near something or along the edge of something

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, this changes phonologically into either /-ppeta/ or /-beta/.

Derived terms

尻(しり)べた (shiribeta): the butt, the rounded area of one's posterior
尻(しり)っぺた (shirippeta): (emphatic) the butt, the rounded area of one's posterior
頬(ほ)っ辺(ぺた) (hoppeta): the area around the cheeks

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
辺
へち Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
邊 (kyūjitai) 端

From at least the late Heian period.^[3] Originally a compound of 辺 (he, “vicinity”, see he above) +‎ ち (chi, “area?”, the same chi element used to indicate general area in こち kochi, “around here, this area” and related words).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へち [hèchíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [he̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

辺(へち) • (hechi)

(obsolete) the area near something or along the edge of something

Synonyms

縁(ふち) (fuchi)
外(はず)れ (hazure)
ほとり (hotori)

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
辺
ほとり Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
邊 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 辺 – see the following entry.

【ほとり】

[noun] the area near something or along the edge of something

[noun] those people who are close to someone in terms of social relationships

Alternative spellings
畔, 辺り

(This term, 辺, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
辺
なべ Grade: 4
irregular

Alternative spelling
邊 (kyūjitai)

Appears to be a compound of な (na, alternative form of の no, the possessive particle) +‎ 辺 (be, “vicinity”, see be above).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [na̠be̞]

Suffix

辺(なべ) • (-nabe)

vicinity, area

Usage notes

Only found in names.

Derived terms

川(かわ)辺(なべ) (Kawanabe): a place in Kagoshima Prefecture
神(かん)辺(なべ) (Kannabe): a place in Hiroshima Prefecture
田(た)辺(なべ) (Tanabe): a surname; a place in Wakayama Prefecture; a place in Kyoto Prefecture
渡(わた)辺(なべ) (Watanabe): a surname

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJS-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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