Kanji Detail for 畔 - "ridge, bank, beside"

畔

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
畔 means "ridge, bank, 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.
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

han(ハン)
Kunyomi

aze(あぜ)

hotori(ほとり)

kuro(くろ)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

田 (ta・tahen)
Related Keywords
ridge bank beside betray boundary of cultivated land path surroundings shore edge border paddy rice field levee waterside