| 713 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 608 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 580 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 696 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4661 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 270 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 947 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 179 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 775 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 789 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 962 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 676 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3761 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1916 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2607 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 290 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38710P | Morohashi |
| 3029 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6011 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 284 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 302 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 455 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
428 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 辺 【ヘン】 area, vicinity, region, side, edge, circumstances
- 辺境 【ヘンキョウ】 remote region, outlying district, border district, frontier
- 普遍 【フヘン】 universal, general, ubiquitous, omnipresent
- どの辺 【ドノヘン】 whereabouts, what part, how much, what point
Kun reading compounds
- 辺り 【あたり】 (in the) neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, nearby, surroundings, around, about, or thereabouts, for instance, say, such as
- あたり一面 【あたりいちめん】 whole area, surrounding area, all around, everywhere, all over the place
- 御辺 【ごへん】 you
- 辺 【ほとり】 side (esp. of a waterbody), edge, bank, shore
- 片辺 【かたほとり】 corner, remote country place
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なべ
- Korean:
- byeon
Spanish
- alrededores
- límites
- vecindad
Portuguese
- arredores
- limite
- borda
- vizinhança
French
- environs
- frontière
- voisinage
| 3545 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 3730.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8fba | Unicode hex code |
affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1291 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 縁 【エン】 fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda
- 縁起 【エンギ】 omen, sign of luck, origin, history, causation, dependent arising, doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
- 遠縁 【トオエン】 distant relative
- 内縁 【ナイエン】 de facto marriage, common-law marriage
Kun reading compounds
- 縁 【ふち】 rim, brim, edge, brink
- 縁石 【えんせき】 curb (stone), kerb
- 盆の縁 【ぼんのふち】 edge of a tray
- 縁取る 【ふちどる】 to border, to fringe, to hem, to edge
- 縁 【ゆかり】 connection (to a person, place, etc.), relation, affinity
- 縁の色 【ゆかりのいろ】 violet
- 縁 【よすが】 something to rely on, aid, clue, way, means, someone to rely on, relative, reminder, memento
- 縁 【へり】 edge (of a river, woods, etc.), shoulder (of a road), rim, brim, hem, margin, fringe, selvage, fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.), edging
- 縁石 【えんせき】 curb (stone), kerb
- 縁 【えん】 fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda
Readings
- Korean:
- yeon, dan
Spanish
- afinidad
- relación
- conexión
- borde
- frontera
- margen
Portuguese
- afinidade
- relação
- conexão
- margem
- borda
- limite
- extremidade
French
- affinité
- relation
- karma
- rapport
- bord
- bordure
| 1030 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1362 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3585 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1244 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1641 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2660 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1131 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1183 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 732 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1548 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1754 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 940 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1269 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1384 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27656P | Morohashi |
| 1386 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4553 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1372 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1472 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1790 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2751 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a9.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-9 | SKIP code |
| 2793.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7e01 | Unicode hex code |
lineage, system
- On:
- ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
567 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 系 【ケイ】 system, lineage, group, corollary, system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period), (taxonomical) series
- 系統 【ケイトウ】 system, lineage, ancestry, family line, group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought), close (evolutionary) relationship, a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)
- 日系 【ニッケイ】 (of) Japanese descent, non-Japanese of Japanese descent, nikkeijin, company, etc. set up with Japanese capital, company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
- 水系 【スイケイ】 water system, river system, drainage system
Readings
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- sistema
- conexión
- relación
- linaje
Portuguese
- linhagem
- sistema
French
- lignée
- système
| 765 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 855 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 844 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 786 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 195 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 634 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1617 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 977 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 908 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 930 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 449 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1504 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2443 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1236 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1701 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1403 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27223 | Morohashi |
| 1944 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4433 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1391 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1492 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 849 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2241 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 4-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 2090.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7cfb | Unicode hex code |