壁 — wall, lining, fence

かべ壁 wall

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 16 strokes

U+58C1 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1037 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1616 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

wall
lining
fence

word

かべ kabe Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

壁(かべ) kabe wall 壁(かべ) 紙(がみ) kabegami wallpaper

へき heki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

外(がい) 壁(へき) gaiheki outer wall 障(しょう) 壁(へき) shouheki barrier 壁(へき) 画(が) hekiga mural 壁(へき) 面(めん) hekimen wall surface

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

辟 to open

つち土 earth #32

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#32 土 earth