Practice JLPT
被
JLPT N2 Kanji · Practice Flashcards

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

  • JLPT N2
  • 10 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 衣
  • #431 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
ヒ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
こうむ.るおお.うかぶ.るかぶ.せる

Example words & Vocabulary

被害ひがい
damage
被るかぶる
to suffer
被せるかぶせる
to cover (with something)
被ひ
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
被告ひこく
defendant; the accused

Example sentences 3

被告ひこくは 無罪むざいになった。

The accused was found not guilty.

半被.浦仕舞とも記す。

Urajimai is also written as

被告ひこくは 無実むじつを 訴うったえた

The defendant protested his innocence.