邊 (biān)
side; edge; border
How 邊 is written
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 辶 — walk
- Traditional
- 邊
- Simplified
- 边
Components
- 辶 walk
- 自 self
- 穴 cave
- 方 square/raft
邊 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- biān
- side; edge; margin; border
- bian
- suffix of a noun of locality
Common words using 邊
- 一邊 yībiān
- one side; either side; on the one hand
- 周邊 zhōubiān
- periphery; rim
- 旁邊 pángbiān
- lateral; side; to the side
- 身邊 shēnbiān
- at one's side; on hand
- 週邊 zhōubiān
- periphery; rim; also written 周邊|周边
- 右邊 yòubian
- right side; right, to the right
- 外邊 wàibian
- outside; outer surface; abroad
- 天邊 tiānbiān
- horizon; ends of the earth; remotest places
- 左邊 zuǒbian
- left; the left side; to the left of
- 後邊 hòubian
- back; rear; behind
- 河邊 hébiān
- river bank
- 海邊 hǎibiān
- seaside
邊 in a sentence
請站在旁邊等一下。
Qǐng zhàn zài pángbiān děng yīxià.
“Please stand to the side and wait a moment.”
How common is 邊?
邊 is the 316th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 65.8% of all running text.
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