辺
へん · hen · JLPT N5 · noun
area
📍 hen: a hen pecks around the area, never straying far from this vicinity
辺 (へん) means the general area or vicinity, as in この辺 (kono hen, around here). Sound hook: a hen stays close to home, scratching around the same patch. The same kanji is read あた(り) in 辺り, also meaning neighbourhood.