壁
壁 — Wall
wall, lining (stomach), fence
On’yomiヘキ (heki)
Kun’yomiかべ (kabe)
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 壁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 壁 | かべ kabe | wall; partition; barrier |
| 障壁 | しょうへき shouheki | enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle |
| 壁画 | へきが hekiga | fresco; mural; wall painting |
| 外壁 | がいへき gaiheki | outer wall |
| 壁面 | へきめん hekimen | surface of a wall |
| 岸壁 | がんぺき ganpeki | quay; wharf; jetty |
Study notes
壁 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1037 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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