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Kanji Detail for 傍 - "beside, nearby"

傍

  • Meaning

    傍 means "beside, nearby." Also associated with to accompany.

    1. Beside - Side; edge; vicinity.

    2. Radical - The right component of a kanji character.

    3. To approach - To draw near; to be close; to stay close.

  • Words using 傍

    • 傍聴 ぼうちょう Listen listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting)
    • 傍観 ぼうかん Listen looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching

  • Four-character idioms with 傍

    • 傍若無人 ぼうじゃくぶじん Listen behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance
    • 拱手傍観 きょうしゅぼうかん Listen stand idly by and watch
    • 袖手傍観 しゅうしゅぼうかん Listen looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker

  • Tattoo check: 傍

    • Verified meaning: beside, nearby
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すえきち, すえじ, すえたか, すえひさ)
    • Also carries these associations: to accompany

    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 傍

    Surnames 傍(すえきち)Listen 傍(すえじ)Listen 傍(すえたか)Listen 傍(すえひさ)Listen 傍(すえよし)Listen 傍(のりよし)Listen 傍(ほうき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bystander; side; besides; while; nearby; third person

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    by side of, beside, near, close

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    near; approaching; to depend on; (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb; Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    beside, close, nearby; to depend on

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

    Side. Interchangeable with 旁. | To approach. Such as 依傍 (rely on).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    boh(ボウ) ボウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hata(はた) はた

    katawara(かたわ-ら) かたわ-ら

    oka(おか) おか

    soba(そば) そば

    waki(わき) わき

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    beside nearby to accompany adjacent alongside bordering flanking neighboring proximate in proximity

Sentences including 傍

  • I parked my car by the gate.

  • They are cutting loose.

  • Onlookers see most of the game.

  • The judge bound the spectators to keep quiet.

  • The judge charged the audience to be silent.

  • Candles gleamed brightly beside the jacuzzi.

  • One of the visitors cried out to obstruct the proceedings.

  • He sat reading, with his wife knitting a pair of gloves beside him.

  • How long can the world stand by and watch these atrocities?

  • He just looked on and didn't stop the quarrel.

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