How is 壁側 pronounced?


I found this sentence:

横幅【よこはば】も狭【せま】く、 **壁側** に手【て】すりがついているだけ

_It was narrow and only had a handrail on the wall side._

<https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/514418>

but I am unsure of the reading of 壁側.

I found the following readings in these places:

壁側【へきそく】 parietal (wwwjdic)

壁側【かべぎは】 <https://kanji.reader.bz/>

壁側【かべがわ】 j-talk.com, <https://nihongodera.com/tools/convert>




**かべがわ** is the only correct reading in your context.

へきそく is a rare reading used in medical contexts to translate _[parietal
pleura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_pleurae)_ (壁側胸膜【へきそくきょうまく】),
[_parietal peritoneum_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peritoneum#Layers)
(壁側腹膜【へきそくふくまく】) and so on, but laypeople do not know this reading. (BTW,
_parietal lobe_ of the brain is 頭頂葉【とうちょうよう】.) There are [several similar
terms](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A7%A3%E5%89%96%E5%AD%A6%E3%81%AB%E3%81%8A%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B%E6%96%B9%E5%90%91%E3%81%AE%E8%A1%A8%E7%8F%BE)
that end with そく, all of which are almost never used outside medical contexts:

Word | Ordinary reading | [Medical
term](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location)  
---|---|---  
頭側 | あたまがわ | とうそく (cranial/superior)  
尾側 | - | びそく (caudal/inferior)  
右側 | みぎがわ | うそく (right)  
左側 | ひだりがわ | さそく (left)  
同側 | - | どうそく (ispilateral)  
対側 | - | たいそく (contralateral)  
片側 | かたがわ | へんそく (unilateral)  
両側 | りょうがわ | りょうそく (bilateral)  
腹側 | はらがわ | ふくそく (ventral/anterior)  
背側 | - | はいそく (dorsal/posterior)  
内側 | うちがわ | ないそく (inner/internal; medial)  
外側 | そとがわ | がいそく (outer/external; lateral)  
口側 | くちがわ | こうそく (oral)  
肛側 | - | こうそく (anal)  
  
I don't know when to read it as かべぎわ. Since the old orthography is used, it
may be some obsolete reading. かべぎわ is usually written as
[壁際](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%A3%81%E9%9A%9B).




**かべがわ** is the only correct reading in your context.

へきそく is a rare reading used in medical contexts to translate _[parietal
pleura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_pleurae)_ (壁側胸膜【へきそくきょうまく】),
[_parietal peritoneum_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peritoneum#Layers)
(壁側腹膜【へきそくふくまく】) and so on, but laypeople do not know this reading. (BTW,
_parietal lobe_ of the brain is 頭頂葉【とうちょうよう】.) There are [several similar
terms](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A7%A3%E5%89%96%E5%AD%A6%E3%81%AB%E3%81%8A%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B%E6%96%B9%E5%90%91%E3%81%AE%E8%A1%A8%E7%8F%BE)
that end with そく, all of which are almost never used outside medical contexts:

Word | Ordinary reading | [Medical
term](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location)  
---|---|---  
頭側 | あたまがわ | とうそく (cranial/superior)  
尾側 | - | びそく (caudal/inferior)  
右側 | みぎがわ | うそく (right)  
左側 | ひだりがわ | さそく (left)  
同側 | - | どうそく (ispilateral)  
対側 | - | たいそく (contralateral)  
片側 | かたがわ | へんそく (unilateral)  
両側 | りょうがわ | りょうそく (bilateral)  
腹側 | はらがわ | ふくそく (ventral/anterior)  
背側 | - | はいそく (dorsal/posterior)  
内側 | うちがわ | ないそく (inner/internal; medial)  
外側 | そとがわ | がいそく (outer/external; lateral)  
口側 | くちがわ | こうそく (oral)  
肛側 | - | こうそく (anal)  
  
I don't know when to read it as かべぎわ. Since the old orthography is used, it
may be some obsolete reading. かべぎわ is usually written as
[壁際](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%A3%81%E9%9A%9B).

