偏 means 'lean towards'

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Strokes : 11 Frequency: 1681 JLPT: N1 Usefulness: 5 Study set: 5-28 Grade: 8 Intermediate lesson: - Beginner lesson: - Begins 70 words Used in 159 words Used in 4 names Not used as a component

Jōyō (常用)

Common readings

ヘン

Kun

かたよる to lean towards

Notes

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Components

⿰ 亻 (人) man 扁 flat

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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 偏 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.

Across all words in Japanese, 偏 is used 142 times, read 2 ways.

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ヘン : 136 words FIND ALL

へんけん

偏見

noun

prejudice; narrow view; bias

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かたよる : 6 words FIND ALL

かたよ

偏

る

'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb

to be one-sided; to incline; to be partial; to be prejudiced; to lean; to be biased; to be biassed

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An additional 17 less common words include 偏 but the readings have not yet been categorized.

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