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

被

  • Meaning

    被 means "to cover, to receive." Also associated with bedding.

    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.

  • Words using 被

    • 被告 ひこく Listen defendant; the accused
    • 被害 ひがい Listen (suffering) damage; injury; harm
    • 被害者 ひがいしゃ Listen victim; injured party; sufferer
    • 被災 ひさい Listen suffering (from a disaster); being hit (by an earthquake, typhoon, etc.); falling victim (to)
    • 被爆 ひばく Listen being bombed; being subjected to a nuclear bomb attack; being exposed to radiation from a nuclear bomb
    • 被告人 ひこくにん Listen accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
    • 被疑者 ひぎしゃ Listen suspect
    • 被保険者 ひほけんしゃ Listen insured person

  • Tattoo check: 被

    • Verified meaning: to cover, to receive
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: bedding

    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.

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hi(ヒ) ヒ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kabu.ru(かぶ-る) かぶ-る

    kabu.seru(かぶ-せる) かぶ-せる

    koumu.ru(こうむ-る) こうむ-る

    oo.u(おお-う) おお-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    衣 衤 (koromo・koromohen)

  • Related Keywords

    cover receive bedding quilt futon passive wear wrap blanket curtain endure subjected experience kimono sleepwear suffer

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  • The storm has done no harm.

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