辺

辺 (radical 162, 辵+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸竹 (YSH), four-corner 3730₂, composition ⿺辶刀)

• 𬵑

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1253, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38710
• Dae Jaweon: page 1735, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 6, page 3815, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8FBA

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).

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 邊)

• 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)

/pen/ → /fen/ → /hen/

From Middle Chinese 邊 (MC pen, “edge; margin, border; nearby, vicinity”).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) へん [hèń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɴ]

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へん, rōmaji hen)

1. (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.

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) へ​ん [héꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɴ]

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へん, rōmaji hen)

1. (geometry) the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; edge, [side]
2. (graph theory) any of the connected pairs of the vertices in a graph; edge

/pe₁/ → /pe/ → /fe/ → /he/

From Old Japanese. The root of the modern Japanese directional particle へ (e).[3][1][4]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) へ​ [héꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [he̞]
• This pitch accent pattern only applies to the noun sense.

• 方

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へ, rōmaji he)

1. place, general area, vicinity

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へ, rōmaji -he)

1. (obsolete) place, general area, vicinity

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

/pe₁/ → /pe/ → /be/

From Old Japanese, from pe above.[3][1][4] The he changes to be as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [be̞]

• 方

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana べ, rōmaji -be)

1. place, general area, vicinity

From Old Japanese.[3][1][4] 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”).[3]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [he̞ta̠]

• 端

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へた, rōmaji heta)

1. (obsolete) the area near something or along the edge of something

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へた, rōmaji -heta)

1. the area near something or along the edge of something

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

From at least the late Heian period.[3] 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).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) へち​ [hèchíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [he̞t͡ɕi]

• 端

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana へち, rōmaji hechi)

1. (obsolete) the area near something or along the edge of something

• 縁 (ふち) (fuchi)
• 外 (はず)れ (hazure)
• 辺 (ほとり) (hotori) (see below)

From at least the Heian period.[1][4] Appears to be a compound or conjugation, but the ultimate derivation is unknown.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ほとり [hòtórí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ほとり​ [hòtóríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞to̞ɾʲi]

• 畔

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana ほとり, rōmaji hotori)

1. the area near something or along the edge of something
2. those people who are close to someone in terms of social relationships

Appears to be a compound of な (na, alternative form of の no, the possessive particle) +‎ 辺 (be, “vicinity”, see be above).

• (Irregular reading)
  • IPA^(key): [na̠be̞]

辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 邊, hiragana なべ, rōmaji -nabe)

1. vicinity, area

Only found in names.