# 辺

| 辺 | U+8FBA, &#36794; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FBA |
| ← 边 [U+8FB9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 辻 → [U+8FBB] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 邊 |
| Shinjitai | 辺 |
| Simplified | 边 |

### Han character

辺 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸竹 (YSH), four-corner 3730$_2$, composition ⿺辶刀)

#### Derived characters

* 𬵑

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1253, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38710
* Dae Jaweon: page 1735, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3815, character 5
* Unihan data for U+8FBA

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Etymology 1: Simplified from 道, where the original phonetic component 首 (OC *hljuʔ, *hljus) was replaced with the more apparent and less complicated phonetic component 刀 (dāo).

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 辺 – see 道 (“way; path; road; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 道).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 辺 – see 邊 (“edge; side; margin; brim; decorative border; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 邊).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 辺 |
| Kyūjitai | 邊 |

### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 邊)

#### Readings

* Go-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
* Kun: あたり (atari, 辺り, Jōyō)、べ (be, 辺, Jōyō)、へ (he, 辺)、へた (heta, 辺)、へち (hechi)、ほとり (hotori, 辺)
* Nanori: なべ (nabe)

#### Compounds

* 海(うみ)辺(べ) (umibe), 海辺(かいへん) (kaihen)
* 近辺(きんぺん) (kinpen)
* 君辺(くんぺん) (kunpen): vicinity of a lord
* 周辺(しゅうへん) (shūhen)
* 辺境(へんきょう) (henkyō)
* 辺鄙(へんぴ) (henpi)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 辺
* へん Grade: 4
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 邊 (kyūjitai)
/pen/ → /fen/ → /hen/
From Middle Chinese 邊 (MC pen, “edge; margin, border; nearby, vicinity”).

#### Pronunciation 1

* (Tokyo) へん [hèń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [hẽ̞ɴ]

##### Noun

辺(へん) • (hen)
* (colloquial) place, general area, vicinity
    彼(かれ)はその辺(へん)にいるはずだ。
       Kare wa sono hen ni iru hazu da.
       He must be there or somewhere.

#### Pronunciation 2

* (Tokyo) へん [héꜜǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [hẽ̞ɴ]

##### Noun

辺(へん) • (hen)
* (geometry) the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; edge, [side]
* (graph theory) any of the connected pairs of the vertices in a graph; edge

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 辺
* へ Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 邊 (kyūjitai) 方
/pe$_1$/ → /pe/ → /fe/ → /he/
From Old Japanese. The root of the modern Japanese directional particle へ (e).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) へ [héꜜ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [he̞]
* This pitch accent pattern only applies to the noun sense.

#### Noun

辺(へ) • (he)
* place, general area, vicinity

#### Suffix

辺(へ) • (-he)
* (obsolete) place, general area, vicinity

##### Usage notes

The suffix sense underwent phonological changes, with the reading shifting to either e or be. See also be below.

##### Derived terms

* 家(いえ) (ie): home, abode, house
* 古(いにしえ) (inishie): a long time ago
* 沖(おき)辺(へ) (okihe): offshore, the open ocean
* 末(すえ)辺(へ) (suehe): the area towards the end of something; the area near the summit of a mountain
* 前(まえ) (mae): front; forward
* 本(もと)辺(へ) (motohe): the area towards the beginning of something; the area near the base or foothills of a mountain
* 行(ゆく)方(え) (yukue): one's destination, one's whereabouts
* 後(しり)方(え) (shirie): back; backward

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 辺
* べ Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 邊 (kyūjitai) 方
/pe$_1$/ → /pe/ → /be/
From Old Japanese, from pe above. The he changes to be as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [be̞]

#### Suffix

辺(べ) • (-be)
* place, general area, vicinity

##### Derived terms

* 天(あま)辺(べ) (amabe)
* 海(うみ)辺(べ) (umibe)
* 岡(おか)辺(べ) (okabe)
* 沖(おき)方(べ) (okibe): offshore, the open ocean
* 上(かみ)辺(べ) (kamibe)
* 川(かわ)辺(べ) (kawabe)
* 岸(きし)辺(べ) (kishibe)
* 下(しも)辺(べ) (shimobe)
* 窓(まど)辺(べ) (madobe)

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 辺
* へた Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 邊 (kyūjitai) 端
From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 辺 (he, “vicinity”, see he above) +‎ た (ta, “place, area”, the same ta element in 貴方 anata, now “you” in modern Japanese but previously meaning “that one over there”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [he̞ta̠]

#### Noun

辺(へた) • (heta)
* (obsolete) the area near something or along the edge of something

#### Suffix

辺(へた) • (-heta)
* the area near something or along the edge of something

##### Usage notes

In modern Japanese, this changes phonologically into either /-ppeta/ or /-beta/.

##### Derived terms

* 尻(しり)べた (shiribeta): the butt, the rounded area of one's posterior
* 尻(しり)っぺた (shirippeta): (emphatic) the butt, the rounded area of one's posterior
* 頬(ほ)っ辺(ぺた) (hoppeta): the area around the cheeks

### Etymology 5

* Kanji in this term
* 辺
* へち Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 邊 (kyūjitai) 端
From at least the late Heian period. Originally a compound of 辺 (he, “vicinity”, see he above) +‎ ち (chi, “area?”, the same chi element used to indicate general area in こち kochi, “around here, this area” and related words).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) へち [hèchíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [he̞t͡ɕi]

#### Noun

辺(へち) • (hechi)
* (obsolete) the area near something or along the edge of something

##### Synonyms

* 縁(ふち) (fuchi)
* 外(はず)れ (hazure)
* ほとり (hotori)

### Etymology 6

* Kanji in this term
* 辺
* ほとり Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 邊 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 辺 – see the following entry. :
| 【ほとり】 | [noun] the area near something or along the edge of something [noun] those people who are close to someone in terms of social relationships Alternative spellings 畔, 辺り |
(This term, 辺, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 7

* Kanji in this term
* 辺
* なべ Grade: 4
* irregular
* Alternative spelling
* 邊 (kyūjitai)
Appears to be a compound of な (na, alternative form of の no, the possessive particle) +‎ 辺 (be, “vicinity”, see be above).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [na̠be̞]

#### Suffix

辺(なべ) • (-nabe)
* vicinity, area

##### Usage notes

Only found in names.

##### Derived terms

* 川(かわ)辺(なべ) (Kawanabe): a place in Kagoshima Prefecture
* 神(かん)辺(なべ) (Kannabe): a place in Hiroshima Prefecture
* 田(た)辺(なべ) (Tanabe): a surname; a place in Wakayama Prefecture; a place in Kyoto Prefecture
* 渡(わた)辺(なべ) (Watanabe): a surname

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 5 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN