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壁

wall
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingヘキ
Kun readingかべ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. wallRtK
  2. fence
    彼は壁にペンキの上塗りをした。He put the final coat of paint on the wall.tatoeba
    彼は壁を全て緑色に塗った。He painted all the walls green.tatoeba
  3. lining (stomach)
  1. partition
  2. barrier
  3. obstacle
  4. hindrance

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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ketchup · flag (方) · mouth (口) · spicy · stand up (立) · vase · ten (十) · needle (丨) · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1616

Compound words

外壁がいへき
outer wall
岸壁がんぺき
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
障壁しょうへき
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
壁画へきが
fresco; mural; wall painting
壁紙かべがみ
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
壁面へきめん
surface of a wall
胃壁いへき
stomach lining
隔壁かくへき
barrier wall
巌壁がんぺき
wall of rock
胸壁きょうへき
breastwork
合壁がっぺき
neighbour with just a wall between
磁壁じへき
magnetic domain
腹壁ふくへき
abdominal wall
壁宿なまめぼし
Chinese 'Wall' constellation
壁蝨ダニ
tick (Acari spp.)
壁龕へきがん
niche (in Western architecture)
擁壁ようへき
retaining wall
墻壁しょうへき
enclosing wall
牆壁しょうへき
enclosing wall
腟壁ちつへき
vaginal wall
家壁蝨いえだに
tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti)
控え壁ひかえかべ
buttress
体腔壁たいこうへき
body wall
壁訴訟かべそしょう
grumbling or mumbling to oneself

Additional Examples

彼は壁の上に直線を書いた。
He drew a straight line on the wall.tatoeba
彼は壁の穴をふさいだ。
He filled up the hole in the wall.tatoeba
彼は壁に本棚を取り付けた。
He fixed the bookshelf to the wall.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 壁

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