Memory phrase for the character: 辺

辺

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Meaning

environs, vicinity, neighborhood

Pronunciation

HEN
atari, be

Explanation

Left: movement 辶, right: sword 刀

Mnemonic

What the movement of a sword can reach, is in the environs.

Radicals

辶	movement	The radical shinnyuu* stands for movement and thus with the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴*
刀	sword	As radical often simplified to:刂

Vocabulary

辺り	あたり	neighbourhood, vicinity, nearby
底辺	ていへん	Base, base line (geometry)
周辺	しゅうへん	circumference, outskirts, (computer) peripheral
浜辺	はまべ	beach, foreshore
辺	へん	area, vicinity

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