Kanji
N2 10 strokes Grade 4 freq #746

sash, belt, obi, zone, region

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

cloth haba

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

zone; area
household; family
carrying (on one's person or in the hand)
tropics
solidarity
whole area; whole region
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
incidental; ancillary
tropical fish
temperate zone

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry
congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team

Example sentences

They are moving from the peaceful hills and the countryside to the busy world of streets and crowds.

Solar energy seems to offer more hope than any other source of energy, particularly because those areas most in need of water lie rather close to the equator and have a relatively clear atmosphere.

The house could accommodate two families.

The government prohibits us from carrying guns without a license.