Japanese symbol for “outlying”
僻遠
へきえん
Romaji: hekien
remote; outlying
In Japanese, outlying is 僻遠, read へきえん (hekien).
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Meanings
- adj-na, adj-no, n remote; outlying
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 僻み | ひがみ higami | prejudice; bias; warped view |
| 僻地 | へきち hekichi | remote place; backcountry; the sticks |
| 僻む | ひがむ higamu | to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to be prejudiced |
| 僻境 | へききょう hekikyou | deep rural areas |
| 僻隅 | へきぐう hekiguu | corner; nook |
| 永遠 | えいえん eien | eternity; perpetuity; permanence |
| 遠慮 | えんりょ enryo | reserve; constraint; restraint |
| 遠い | とおい tooi | far; distant; far away |
See also: Chinese symbol for “outlying”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.