被 — incur, cover, veil

ひ被 incur

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+88AB Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #431 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #870 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

incur
cover
veil
brood over
shelter
wear
put on
be exposed
receiving

word

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

被(ひ) hi incur 被(ひ) 害(がい) higai damage 被(ひ) 告(こく) hikoku defendant 被(ひ) 災(さい) hisai being affected by disaster 被(ひ) 疑(ぎ) higi suspicion 被(ひ) 爆(ばく) hibaku being bombed

かぶ kabu 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).

被(かぶ) る kaburu to wear (on head)

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

衤 clothing (left form)

かわ皮 pelt #107

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