# 被 — incur; cover

被 means “incur; cover”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 10 strokes. On'yomi: ヒ (hi). Kun'yomi: かぶ(る) (kaburu).

- Meaning: incur; cover
- On'yomi: ヒ (hi)
- Kun'yomi: かぶ(る) (kaburu)
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Qualities 3

## How to remember 被

Clothes (衤) laid over the skin (皮): covered, and what comes down on you.

Sounds like 皮: both read ヒ.

Parts: 衤 clothes · 皮 skin

## Don't confuse it with

[波](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/wave/) · [彼](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/he/) · [疲](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/tired/) · [披](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/lay-open/)

## More in the “Qualities 3” set

[違](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/differ/) · [独](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/alone/) · [準](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/standard/) · [被](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/incur/) · [若](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/young/) · [極](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/extreme/) · [美](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/beauty/) · [非](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/non/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/incur/. Last updated 2026-11-01.