Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
fence, wall, (kokuji)
On:
ヘイベイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1991 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塀 【ヘイ】 wall, fence
  • 塀越し 【ヘイゴシ】 over a wall, crossing a fence
  • 土塀 【ドベイ】 mud wall, earthen wall, plaster wall
  • 高塀 【タカベイ】 tall fence

Readings

Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • cerca
  • muro
  • valla
  • empalizada

Portuguese

  • cerca
  • parede

French

  • barrière
  • mur
  • (kokuji)
1777 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1998 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1131 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1159 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1559 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1805 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1944 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1439 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
384 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
677 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
407 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
511 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1065 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5316 Morohashi
557 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1051 New Nelson (John Haig)
1056 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1136 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1518 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1455 2001 Kanji
3b9.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4714.1 Four corner code
1-42-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5840 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
line
Parts:
in, inside, middle, mean, center
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
11 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 中 【チュウ】 medium (size), average (grade, level, etc.), middle, in, within, out of (e.g. ten people), among, during, while, in (the course of), within (a period), throughout, currently (doing), in the process of, in the middle of, under (e.g. construction, investigation), middle way, moderation, second volume (of three), junior high school, middle school, China
  • 中尉 【チュウイ】 first lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade
  • 宮中 【キュウチュウ】 imperial court
  • 訪中 【ホウチュウ】 visit to China

Kun reading compounds

  • 中 【なか】 inside, interior, among, within, middle, center, centre, during, while, middle, midst, amid, interval, gap, mean, average, second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes), middle, medium grade, medium quality, red-light district
  • 中島 【なかじま】 island in a pond or river
  • 野中 【のなか】 in the middle of a field
  • そんな中 【そんななか】 wherein, therein, thereinto
  • 内 【うち】 inside, within, while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of, among, amongst, (out) of, between, in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success), within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts, we, our company, our organization, one's home, one's family, my spouse, my husband, my wife, signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife, I, me, imperial palace grounds, emperor
  • 碁打ち鳥飼い馬鹿の中 【ごうちとりかいばかのうち】 go players and bird keepers are idiots (both activities demand a lot of time)
  • 此の内 【このうち】 meanwhile, the other day, recently
  • 当たる 【あたる】 to be hit, to strike, to touch, to be in contact, to be affixed, to be equivalent to, to be applicable, to apply to, to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.), to be selected (in a lottery, etc.), to win, to be successful, to go well, to be a hit, to face, to confront, to lie (in the direction of), to undertake, to be assigned, to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.), to be afflicted, to be called on (e.g. by a teacher), to treat (esp. harshly), to lash out at, to be unnecessary, to be hitting well, to be on a hitting streak, to feel a bite (in fishing), (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised, to spoil, to feel (something) out, to probe into, to check (i.e. by comparison), to shave, to be a relative of a person, to be a ... in relation to ..., to stand in a relationship

Readings

Japanese names:
あたる、 かなえ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong1, zhong4
Korean:
jung

Spanish

  • centro
  • dentro
  • interior
  • medio

Portuguese

  • em
  • interior
  • médio
  • meio
  • centro

French

  • dans
  • dedans
  • à l'intérieur
  • milieu
  • centre
  • moyenne
23 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
26 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
55 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
13 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
81 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
31 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
75 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
28 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
28 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
16 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4262 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2150 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2902 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
39 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
73 Morohashi
3451 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
28 New Nelson (John Haig)
39 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
39 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
32 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1655 2001 Kanji
0a4.40 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
5000.6 Four corner code
1-35-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e2d Unicode hex code