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Kanji Detail for 壁

Kanji Detail for 壁 - "wall, barrier, obstacle"

壁

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
壁 means "wall, barrier, obstacle."
1. Wall - Something surrounding a house; also dividing rooms inside.
2. Fort - A wall to prevent enemy invasion.
3. To fortify - To barricade inside a fort.
4. Cliff - A cliff with steep incline like a wall.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

wall; lining (stomach); fence

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

partition wall; walls of a house; 14th lunar mansion, determinative star γ Pegasi (Algenib)

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

wall; rampart

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

partition, wall; rampart

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

A wall. The outer wall is called 牆; the inner wall is called 壁, providing shelter from wind and cold. | Military camp walls are called 壁. Such as 壁壘森嚴 (heavily fortified). | Steep, sheer cliffs are called 壁. Such as 懸崖絕壁 (precipitous cliffs). | A star name. One of the twenty-eight lunar mansions. Also called 東壁. Ancient astronomers considered it the repository of books and pictures.
Onyomi

heki(へき)
Kunyomi

gake(がけ)

kabe(かべ)
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)
Related Keywords
wall barrier partition fence obstacle cliff rampart fortification wallpaper mural hurdle blockade screen boundary division surface facade

Sentences including 壁

その少年は壁に絵を描いた。
The boy drew a picture on the wall.
この絵を壁に掛けてください。
Put these pictures up us for wall , please.
壁の絵が彼の目に留まった。
His eye fell on the picture on the wall.
彼は絵を壁に掛けた。
He hung a picture on the wall.
壁にたくさんの絵がかかっている。
There are many paintings on the wall.
壁にもたれかかるな。
Don't lean against the wall.
壁に絵が掛かっている。
There is a picture on the wall.
壁にもたれるな。
Don't lean against the wall.
彼が壁にかかっている絵を描いた。
He painted the picture which is on the wall.
彼は背を壁に向けて立っていた。
He stood with his back to the wall.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

私は停車場の壁へ紙片を宛てがって、その上から鉛筆で母と兄あてで手紙を書いた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
馳足で絶壁の端まで来て、急に底の見えない谷を覗き込んだ人のように。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
今まで書物で城壁をきずいてその中に立て籠っていたようなＫの心が、段々打ち解けて来るのを見ているのは、私に取って何よりも愉快でした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
馳足で絶壁の端まで来て、急に底の見えない谷を覗き込んだ人のように。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
今まで書物で城壁をきずいてその中に立て籠っていたようなＫの心が、段々打ち解けて来るのを見ているのは、私に取って何よりも愉快でした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha

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