被 : Incur

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Components:

衤皮

incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving

On 'yomi:

ヒ(hi)

Kun 'yomi:

こうむ.る(koumu.ru) おお.う(oo.u) かぶ.る(kabu.ru) かぶ.せる(kabu.seru)

Nanori:

ぎぬ(ginu)

Strokes:	10
Radical:	衤 (145)
Usage Rating:	431

JLPT:	N2
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	8

Unicode:	088ab
jis208:	40-79

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被 Usage examples

薦被り(こもかぶり)	cask wrapped in straw matting, beggar
恩恵を被る(おんけいをこうむる)	to share in the benefit
原告対被告(げんこくたいひこく)	plaintiff versus defendant
土を被せる(つちをかぶせる)	to cover with earth
被害届(ひがいとどけ) 被害届け(ひがいとどけ)	report of damage, damage report
雪で被われる(ゆきでおおわれる)	to be covered with snow
被害額(ひがいがく)	amount (extent) of damage, damage
振り被る(ふりかぶる)	to hold aloft (e.g. a sword), to brandish
被保佐人(ひほさにん)	person subject to a conservatorship or curatorship
被補助人(ひほじょじん)	person subject to a limited guardianship
被相続人(ひそうぞくにん)	ancestor, inheritee
被申立人(ひもうしたてにん)	respondent
被造物(ひぞうぶつ)	something created (e.g. by the gods), creature
戦争被害(せんそうひがい)	war damage
犯罪被害者(はんざいひがいしゃ)	victim of crime
放射線被曝(ほうしゃせんひばく)	radiation exposure
被虜人(ひりょにん)	slave
砂被り(すなかぶり)	seats closest to the ring, ringside seat
被す(かぶす)	to cover (with something)
覆い被さる(おいかぶさる)	to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.), to cover
覆い被せる(おおいかぶせる)	to cover up with something
被修飾語(ひしゅうしょくご)	modified word
被修飾名詞(ひしゅうしょくめいし)	modified noun
被子植物門(ひししょくぶつもん)	Magnoliophyta, Angiospermae, phylum of flowering plants
被写界深度(ひしゃかいしんど)	depth of field (photography)
被さる(かぶさる)	to take on a responsibility, to become a burden
被葬者(ひそうしゃ)	the entombed, the person buried (usually in burial mounds, etc.)
被差別部落(ひさべつぶらく)	burakumin area
皮被り(かわかぶり)	phimosis, tightening of the foreskin
仮面を被る(かめんをかぶる)	to wear a mask
被せ(きせ)	not folding on a stitch but placing the fold (2mm) deeper past the stitch, folding the excess back to cover the stitch
被せ分(きせぶん)	excess of fold beyond the stitching seam
被く(かづく)	to be injured, to wear such cloth on the left shoulder
被ける(かづける)	to use something as an excuse or a pretext
被害者意識(ひがいしゃいしき)	sense of being victimized
被リンク(ひリンク)	link to (a site, as used in page ranking that site)
被(ひ)	indicates the target of an activity, -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)