EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 57
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun, Adverb (fukushi)

    side; edge; beside; besides; nearby

    see 傍らに

    メアリーは読書をしており、1匹の猫がかたわらで眠っていた。
    Mary was reading, with a cat sleeping beside her.
  2. Noun, Adverb (fukushi)

    while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 側ら【かたわら】傍【かたわら】旁【かたわら】側【かたわら】脇【かたわら】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bystander, side, besides, while, nearby, third person

Kun
かたわ.らわきおか-はたそば
On
ボウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1660 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 55

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Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-2-10SKIP code
2a10.6The Kanji Dictionary
2022.7Four corner code
2145deroo
508dUnicode hex code
1-43-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
520Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
286New Nelson (John Haig)
147New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
166Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
110Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
127Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1015Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1090Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1689A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1538Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1406Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
948Morohashi
1815A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1183Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1242Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1062Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1506Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1429Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
125Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1024Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bang4, bang1Pinyin reading
bang, paengKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
55WaniKani level