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    3. 傍

    傍

    傍かたわ.ら

    bystander

    N1KMT9Freq #1660Daily LifeKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    かたわ.らわきおか-はたそば

    On'yomi

    ボウ

    Nanori

    び

    bystandersidebesideswhilenearbythird person

    亻旁

    亻
    人
    亠
    立
    冖
    方

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    位億停倍僻倣偐傚僻億位偐僮腋膀傚傲僅備

    Alternative forms of this concept

    亻
    𠆢

    Concepts using this kanji

    傍聴

    listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.)

    傍ら

    side

    傍観

    looking on

    傍受

    interception

    傍人

    bystander

    傍若無人

    behaving outrageously as though there were no one around

    通信傍受法

    wiretapping law

    路傍の人

    utter stranger

    傍目

    looking on from the side

    傍から見る

    to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

    傍見

    looking on by an outsider

    地球近傍天体

    near-earth object

    傍の者達

    onlookers

    傍観者

    onlooker

    傍観的

    hands-off

    近傍

    neighborhood

    傍聴人

    observer

    傍点

    marks or dots written alongside a word to indicate stress or draw the reader's attention

    傍論

    digression

    傍題

    subtitle (e.g. of a book)

    傍聴者

    observer

    傍流

    branch (of a river)

    傍証

    supporting evidence

    傍白

    (theatrical) aside

    傍らに人無きが如し

    behaving outrageously as though there were no one around

    傍系

    collateral family

    道傍

    side of the road

    傍系血族

    collateral relation by blood

    傍聴無料

    admission free

    傍注

    marginal notes

    傍線

    underline

    地球近傍小惑星

    near-Earth asteroid

    傍聴料

    admission fee

    傍聴席

    visitor's gallery

    傍聴券

    admission ticket

    傍らに寄る

    to step aside

    袖手傍観

    looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves)

    傍訓

    marginal notes

    拱手傍観

    stand idly by and watch

    傍耳

    things overheard

    路傍

    roadside

    傍軒

    barge course

    傍らに

    beside

    傍濾胞細胞

    parafollicular cell

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亠
    • 亻
    • 人
    • 冖
    • 方
    • 立

    is_used_in

    • 傍目
    • 近傍
    • 傍らに
    • 傍観
    • 傍観者
    • 傍訓
    • 傍系
    • 傍見
    • 傍耳
    • 傍若無人
    • 傍受
    • 傍証
    • 傍人
    • 傍線
    • 傍聴
    • 傍聴券
    • 傍聴人
    • 傍聴席
    • 傍聴無料
    • 傍聴料
    • 傍点
    • 路傍
    • 拱手傍観
    • 傍ら
    • 傍注
    • 袖手傍観
    • 傍白
    • 傍流
    • 傍題
    • 傍らに寄る
    • 傍の者達
    • 傍系血族
    • 通信傍受法
    • 傍論
    • 路傍の人
    • 道傍
    • 傍観的
    • 地球近傍天体
    • 傍濾胞細胞
    • 傍軒
    • 傍らに人無きが如し
    • 傍から見る
    • 地球近傍小惑星
    • 傍聴者

    Similar concepts

    • 位
    • 億
    • 停
    • 倍
    • 僻
    • 倣
    • 偐
    • 傚
    • 僮
    • 腋
    • 膀
    • 傲
    • 僅
    • 備

    Variants

    • 𠆢

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