"壁" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: “Jōyō” kanji [common]
  1. Tags: kanji, no-gloss

Noun

IPA: [ka̠be̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (かべ)), kabe [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 処 (ka, “place”) + 重 (he, “division”), in reference to walls dividing objects apart. The he changes to be as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{com|ja|処|重|sort=かべ|t1=place|t2=division|tr1=ka|tr2=he}} 処 (ka, “place”) + 重 (he, “division”), {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{sortkey|ja|壁}} かへ', {{rendaku2|he|be}} The he changes to be as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|かべ}} 壁(かべ) • (kabe)
  1. wall; barrier Coordinate_terms: (yuka) (ruby: (ゆか)) (english: floor), 天井 (tenjō) (ruby: (てん), (じょう)) (english: ceiling)
    Sense id: en-壁-ja-noun-JLq~DAGE Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 0 100

Download JSON data for 壁 meaning in Japanese (3.5kB)

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