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Kanji Detail for 被 - "cover, wear, receive"

被

  • Meaning

    被 means "cover, wear, receive."

    1. To cover - To put on; to place over.

    2. To receive - To wear; to bear; to put on.

    3. Bedding - Quilt; nightclothes; sleepwear.

    4. Passive - An auxiliary indicating passive voice.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    incur; cover; veil; brood over; shelter; wear; put on; be exposed (film); receiving

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    passive indicator 'by'; bedding

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bedding; a passive particle meaning "by"

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Bedding. Used to cover the body when sleeping. | To cover. Placing on top is called 被. Such as saying 光被四表 (light covering all four directions). | To receive. Such as 被選 (being selected), 被告 (defendant). All things affected are called 被. Such as 被累 (being implicated), 被動 (being passive).
  • Onyomitip

    hi(ひ) ひ

  • Kunyomitip

    kabu.ru(かぶる) かぶる

    kabu.seru(かぶせる) かぶせる

    kazu.keru(かずける) かずける

    koumu.ru(こうむる) こうむる

    oo.u(おおう) おおう

  • Strokestip

    10 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    衣 衤 (koromo・koromohen)

  • Related Keywords
    cover wear receive suffer incur undergo sustain bear damage victim passive quilt blanket bedding put on drape wrap cloak

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