边缘 biānyuán▶ ขอบ

Stroke order

边缘 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 边 — 5 strokes
• 缘 — 12 strokes

Senses

1. edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery
2. marginal; borderline

Related words

• 周边ขอบเขต, รอบนอก
• 缘故เหตุผล
• 边境ชายแดน; พรมแดน
• 边界ขอบเขต
• 边疆ชายแดน, พรมแดน
• 一边ด้านหนึ่ง

边缘 is pronounced biānyuán and means “ขอบ”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 边缘 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.