辺 Kanji – environs
The Japanese kanji 辺 can mean environs, boundary, border, vicinity.
Meaning and Readings
How is 辺 read?
辺 has the onyomi reading ヘン and the kunyomi readings あたり, ほとり, -べ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as hen, atari, hotori, be.
Common Japanese Words Using 辺
These common Japanese words contain 辺. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- この辺（このへん） — this area, around here
- 一辺倒（いっぺんとう） — complete devotion (to), total commitment (to), unvarying support (for), unwavering fixation (on), rigid preoccupation (with)
- 海辺（うみべ） — beach, seashore, seaside, coast
- 岸辺（きしべ） — shore, bank (of a body of water)
- 近辺（きんぺん） — neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity
- 周辺（しゅうへん） — circumference, outskirts, environs, around, in the area of, in the vicinity of
- 身辺（しんぺん） — one's person, around one's person
- 天辺（てっぺん） — top, summit, apex, peak
- 浜辺（はまべ） — beach, foreshore
- 辺（へん） — area, vicinity, region