辺

辺 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸竹 (YSH), four-corner 3730₂, composition ⿺辶刀)

• 𬵑

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1253, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38710
• Dae Jaweon: page 1735, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3815, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8FBA

Etymology 1: Simplified from 道, where the original phonetic component 首 (OC *hljuʔ, *hljus) was replaced with the more apparent and less complicated phonetic component 刀 (dāo).

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 邊)

• Go-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
• Kun: あたり (atari, 辺り, Jōyō)、べ (be, 辺, Jōyō)、へ (he, 辺)、へた (heta, 辺)、へち (hechi)、ほとり (hotori, 辺)
• Nanori: なべ (nabe)

/pen/ → /fen/ → /hen/

From Middle Chinese 邊 (MC pen, “edge; margin, border; nearby, vicinity”).

• (Tokyo) へん [hèń] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɴ]

辺(へん) • (hen) 

1. (colloquial) place, general area, vicinity

   彼(かれ)はその辺(へん)にいるはずだ。

   Kare wa sono hen ni iru hazu da.

   He must be there or somewhere.

• (Tokyo) へん [héꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɴ]

辺(へん) • (hen) 

1. (geometry) the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; edge, [side]
2. (graph theory) any of the connected pairs of the vertices in a graph; edge

/pe₁/ → /pe/ → /fe/ → /he/

From Old Japanese. The root of the modern Japanese directional particle へ (e).^[3][1][4]

• (Tokyo) へ [héꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [he̞]

• This pitch accent pattern only applies to the noun sense.

辺(へ) • (he) 

1. place, general area, vicinity

辺(へ) • (-he) 

1. (obsolete) place, general area, vicinity

The suffix sense underwent phonological changes, with the reading shifting to either e or be. See also be below.

/pe₁/ → /pe/ → /be/

From Old Japanese, from pe above.^[3][1][4] The he changes to be as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• IPA^(key): [be̞]

辺(べ) • (-be) 

1. place, general area, vicinity

From Old Japanese.^[3][1][4] Originally a compound of 辺 (he, “vicinity”, see he above) +‎ た (ta, “place, area”, the same ta element in 貴方 anata, now “you” in modern Japanese but previously meaning “that one over there”).^[3]

• IPA^(key): [he̞ta̠]

辺(へた) • (heta) 

1. (obsolete) the area near something or along the edge of something

辺(へた) • (-heta) 

1. the area near something or along the edge of something

In modern Japanese, this changes phonologically into either /-ppeta/ or /-beta/.

From at least the late Heian period.^[3] Originally a compound of 辺 (he, “vicinity”, see he above) +‎ ち (chi, “area?”, the same chi element used to indicate general area in こち kochi, “around here, this area” and related words).

• (Tokyo) へち [hèchíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [he̞t͡ɕi]

辺(へち) • (hechi) 

1. (obsolete) the area near something or along the edge of something

• 縁(ふち) (fuchi)
• 外(はず)れ (hazure)
• ほとり (hotori)

Appears to be a compound of な (na, alternative form of の no, the possessive particle) +‎ 辺 (be, “vicinity”, see be above).

• IPA^(key): [na̠be̞]

辺(なべ) • (-nabe) 

1. vicinity, area

Only found in names.