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塀 — Fence

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary school#1991 most used
fence, wall, (kokuji)
On’yomiヘイ (hei)
On’yomiベイ (bei)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (12 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 塀

WordReadingMeaning
へい
hei
wall; fence
土塀どべい
dobei
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall

Study notes

塀 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1991 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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