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Kanji for Edge
The kanji for “edge” is 辺, read hen and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
辺
edge
The surroundings and edges.
5 strokes On reading ヘン (hen) Kun reading あたり、ほとり、べ (atari, hotori, be) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: environs, boundary, border, vicinity
Readings used for names on Nazuke: he, be
Names written with 辺: Heather 辺冴 · Hettie 辺照
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