辺

へん

area

N5 #1,145

Meanings

  1. noun area; vicinity; region
  2. mathematics side; edge
  3. circumstances

ほとり also 辺り

  1. noun, usually in kana side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

へ also 方

  1. noun, archaic, poetic surrounding area; vicinity
  2. archaic, poetic seashore; seaside; coast
  3. suffix, archaic, usu. べ or pronounced as え suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.

わたり also 辺り

  1. noun, archaic neighbourhood; vicinity; nearby

Its kanji

In sentences

川かわはこの辺へんが深ふかい。 The river is deep here. #141366

あの辺へんで育そだったの。 I grew up in that neighborhood. #11197870

私わたしはこの辺へんの地理ちりに弱よわい。 I don't know this neighborhood too well. #160794

彼かれはこの辺へんの事情じじょうに明あかるい。 He knows every inch of this area. #113714

私わたしはこの辺へんの地理ちりに明あかるい。 I am familiar with this neighborhood. #160793

その川かわはこの辺へんではとても美うつくしい。 The river is very beautiful around here. #208508

辺へんぴなところに転勤てんきんになった。 I was transferred to the middle of nowhere. #11013795

彼あの家いえは辺へんぴなところにあった。 His house was out of the way. #117958