Kanji Detail for 邊 - "vicinity, edge, end, adjacent, side"

邊

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
邊 means "vicinity, edge, end, adjacent, side."
1. Vicinity - Near; around; beside.
2. Edge - A border; a boundary.
3. End - A limit; an extremity.
4. Adjacent - Neighboring; bordering.
5. Side - A line segment forming a polygon.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

edge; margin; side; border

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

edge, margin, side, border

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

side; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneously

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

border, edge, margin, side

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

Bank or shore. As in 江邊 (riverside), 海邊 (seaside). | Border region. As in 邊防 (border defense), 邊警 (border alert). | Side. As in 兩邊 for the two sides relative to the center. 一邊 for one side. | A type of woven material used as edging decoration on clothes. As in 花邊 (lace) and the like.
Onyomi

hen(へん)
Kunyomi

ata.ri(あたり)

be(べ)
Strokes

22 strokes
Radical

辵辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)
Related Keywords
vicinity near around beside edge border boundary end limit extremity adjacent neighboring bordering side line