How to say "rim" in Japanese

• 縁ふちJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe general word for the rim or brim of a physical object — a cup, a glass, a bowl — the edge itself, where a surface ends or curves down.
  彼かれらは水瓶みずがめを縁ふちまで一杯いっぱいにした。↗

  They filled the jug to the brim.
• リムCommon
  nounThe loanword, chiefly for the rim of a wheel, as on a bicycle or car, and for similar technical parts; for the rim of a cup or bowl, 縁 is the word, not this.
• ボーダーCommon
  nounReally the loanword 'border': a boundary or dividing line, such as a line drawn between areas. For the physical rim of an object it is seldom the word you want.

Use 縁 for the rim or brim of a cup, bowl, or similar object; 「リム」 is the loanword for the rim of a wheel and other technical parts; 「ボーダー」 means 'border' and is seldom the word for a rim.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 縁ふちrim
• リムrim
• 環かんring
• 周縁しゅうえんfringe
• 周縁部しゅうえんぶperiphery
• ボーダーborder
• へりrim
• 外輪がいりんrim (of a wheel)