辺

Glyph origin
Etymology 1:, where the original phonetic component was replaced with the more apparent and less complicated phonetic component.

Compounds

 * : vicinity of a lord
 * : vicinity of a lord
 * : vicinity of a lord

Etymology 1
/pen/ → /fen/ → /hen/

From.

Noun

 * 1)  place, general area, vicinity

Noun

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

Etymology 2
/pe1/ → /pe/ → /fe/ → /he/

From. The root of the modern Japanese directional particle.

Pronunciation

 * This pitch accent pattern only applies to the noun sense.

Noun

 * 1) place, general area, vicinity

Suffix

 * 1)  place, general area, vicinity

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

Derived terms

 * : home, abode, house
 * : a long time ago
 * : offshore, the open ocean
 * : the area towards the end of something; the area near the summit of a mountain
 * : front; forward
 * : the area towards the beginning of something; the area near the base or foothills of a mountain
 * : one's destination, one's whereabouts
 * : back; backward

Etymology 3
/pe1/ → /pe/ → /be/

From, from pe above.

Suffix

 * 1) place, general area, vicinity

Derived terms

 * : offshore, the open ocean
 * : offshore, the open ocean
 * : offshore, the open ocean
 * : offshore, the open ocean

Etymology 4
From. Originally a compound of.

Noun

 * 1)  the area near something or along the edge of something

Suffix

 * 1) the area near something or along the edge of something

Usage notes
In modern Japanese, this changes phonologically into either or.

Derived terms

 * : the butt, the rounded area of one's posterior
 * : the butt, the rounded area of one's posterior
 * : the area around the cheeks

Etymology 5
From at least the late. Originally a compound of.

Noun

 * 1)  the area near something or along the edge of something

Etymology 7
Appears to be a compound of.

Suffix

 * 1) vicinity, area

Usage notes
Only found in names.

Derived terms

 * : a place in
 * : a place in
 * : a surname; a place in ; a place in
 * : a surname