被

被 — incur, cover, veil

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 10
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #431 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ひ hi
Kun'yomi: こうむ.る koumu.ru

おお.う oo.u

かぶ.る kabu.ru

かぶ.せる kabu.seru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 被

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被害ひがい (suffering) damage JLPT N3