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阝hill (left) / village (right)kanji family

阝 is the hill (left) / village (right) component. Explore the 42 kanji that use it — compare their structure, readings, meanings, and example vocabulary on the map. It is the form 阜 takes inside another kanji.

Kangxi radical 170

院inst., institutionJLPT N4 限limit, restrictJLPT N3 降descend, precipitateJLPT N3 除exclude, division (x/3)JLPT N3 部section, bureauJLPT N3 都metropolis, capitalJLPT N3 険precipitous, inaccessible placeJLPT N3 陽sunshine, yang principleJLPT N3 際occasion, sideJLPT N3 防ward off, defendJLPT N2 郊outskirts, suburbsJLPT N2 郵mail, stagecoach stopJLPT N2 陸land, sixJLPT N2 隅corner, nookJLPT N2 階storey, stairJLPT N2 那what?JLPT N1 邦home country, countryJLPT N1 邪wicked, injusticeJLPT N1 邸residence, mansionJLPT N1 阻thwart, separate fromJLPT N1 阿africa, flatterJLPT N1 郎son, counter for sonsJLPT N1 郡county, districtJLPT N1 陛highness, steps (of throne)JLPT N1 陣camp, battle arrayJLPT N1 陥collapse, fall intoJLPT N1 郭enclosure, quartersJLPT N1 陪obeisance, followJLPT N1 陰shade, yinJLPT N1 陳exhibit, stateJLPT N1 陵mausoleum, imperial tombJLPT N1 陶pottery, porcelainJLPT N1 隆hump, highJLPT N1 堕degenerate, descend toJLPT N1 隊regiment, partyJLPT N1 随follow, thoughJLPT N1 隔isolate, alternateJLPT N1 障hinder, hurtJLPT N1 隠conceal, hideJLPT N1 墜crash, fall (down)JLPT N1 隣neighboringJLPT N1 響echo, soundJLPT N1

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