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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2049 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: paddy ridge, levee

Kunyomi: あぜ, くろ, ほとり

Onyomi: ハン

Composition: 田 半

畔

Radical

Radical: 田

Meaning: field

Reading: た

Frequency: 192

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

田

Examples

Onyomi Examples

畦畔 (ケイハン) ridge between rice fields, causeway

橋畔 (キョウハン) approach to a bridge

Kunyomi Examples

畦 (あぜ) ridge of earth between rice fields, ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel, footpath between rice fields, causeway

畔唐菜 (あぜとうな) Crepidiastrum keiskeanum (species of plant in the daisy family)

畦 (あぜ) ridge of earth between rice fields, ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel, footpath between rice fields, causeway

辺 (ほとり) side (esp. of a waterbody), edge, bank, shore

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