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Kanji Detail for 畔 - "ridge, bank"

畔

  • Meaning

    畔 means "ridge, bank." Also associated with beside.

    1. Ridge - The raised edge between rice paddies.

    2. Bank - The side of a body of water.

    3. Beside - Near; alongside.

    4. Betray - To turn against; to violate.

  • Words using 畔

    • 湖畔 こはん Listen lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront

  • Tattoo check: 畔

    • Verified meaning: ridge, bank
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あぜ, あぜやぎ, あぜやなぎ, くろやなぎ)
    • Also carries these associations: beside

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 畔

    Surnames 畔(あぜ)Listen 畔(あぜやぎ)Listen 畔(あぜやなぎ)Listen 畔(くろやなぎ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    paddy ridge; levee

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    boundary path dividing fields

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) side; edge; boundary

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    river bank; a boundary path that divides fields

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

    Field boundary. Shun plowed at Mount Li. The people of Mount Li all yielded their boundaries. | The edge of water. Also, any edge or side is called 畔. Such as 枕畔 (beside the pillow), 籬畔 (beside the fence). | To leave. Same as 叛 (rebel).

  • Onyomi

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    han(ハン) ハン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    aze(あぜ) あぜ

    hotori(ほとり) ほとり

    kuro(くろ) くろ

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    田 (ta・tahen)

  • Related Keywords

    ridge bank beside betray boundary of cultivated land path surroundings shore edge border paddy rice field levee waterside

Sentences including 畔

  • The old church by the lake is very beautiful.

  • We stayed for 3 nights at a lakeside hotel.

  • He conducted us on a tour around the lake.

  • There are quite a few hotels by the lake.

  • We put up at a lakeside hotel for the night.

  • London, the capital of England, is on the Thames.

  • King Henry VIII had a tennis court at Hampton Court, his palace on the River Thames, not very far from London.

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