Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

陛: highness, steps (of throne)

JLPT N110 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

⻖ carries the meaning · 比 and 土 are drawn in

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ヘイhei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 陛下へいかyour Majesty
  • 天皇陛下てんのうへいかHis Majesty the Emperor
  • 皇后陛下こうごうへいかHer majesty the Empress
  • 国王陛下こくおうへいかHis Majesty the King
  • 女王陛下じょおうへいかHer Majesty the Queen

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Climb high! This radical represents the natural landscape of mounds, hills, and the protective physical barriers they provide for human settlements.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bì

Same form: 陛 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
陛 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
陛 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bì 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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