Kanji N1

偏: partial, side, left-side radical

偏 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning partial, side, left-side radical, written with 11 strokes. It is read ヘン (on) and かたよる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 偏見 (へんけん, prejudice) and 偏 (へん, left-hand radical of a character).

偏

Meanings

  • partial
  • side
  • left-side radical
  • inclining
  • biased
Strokes11
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1340 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヘン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かたよる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 偏

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 偏見へんけん

    prejudice; bias; distorted view

    JLPT N1
  • 偏へん

    left-hand radical of a character

    JLPT N1
  • 偏差値へんさち

    deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades)

  • 偏重へんちょう

    attaching too much importance to

  • 偏りかたより

    deviation; inclination; offset; bias; prejudice

  • 偏向へんこう

    propensity; tendency; inclination; deflection

  • 偏狭へんきょう

    narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality

  • 不偏不党ふへんふとう

    impartiality; neutrality; independence

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.