漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
被: incur, cover
Also: veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving
JLPT N210 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
衤 carries the meaning · 皮 gives the sound
10 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ヒhi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 被告ひこく
- 被害ひがい
- 被災ひさいsuffering (from a disaster)
- 被爆ひばくbeing bombed
- 被害者ひがいしゃ
- 被告人ひこくにんaccused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
かぶるkaburu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 被るかぶるto put on (one's head); to wear; to have on
かぶせるkabuseru · kun'yomi
- 被せるかぶせるto cover (with something)
Also read こうむる, おおう, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)衣 clothing (meaning) + 皮 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 被 (rev. 93443697), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Wear your story! This radical brings the world of tailoring, fashion, and social roles to its characters.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side被 incur · 衤
vs疲 exhausted · 疒In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bèi
Same form: 被 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 被 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 被 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bèi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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