ヘン, かたよ.る

partial, side, left-side radical, inclining, biased

JLPT1 G7 S11 F1340

As per # (spread, but remain in contact) + person (→ human agency) → *lean*; *incline* → *partiality*; *bias*. *Element at the left of a Han/Chinese character* is a borrowed meaning, via .

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