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弁
JLPT N1 SL5 5 strokes Frequency: #619

Meanings

Valve, Petal, Braid, Speech, Dialect, Discrimination, Dispose Of, Distinguish, Conical Cap

Radicals

厢 廾

Decomposition

⿱厢廾

Etymology

Pictographic: Two hands 廾 putting the cap 厢 on someone's head

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 curve top-left-to-bottom-right
2 dot right-to-left
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
4 diagonal right-to-left
5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ベン ben
γƒ˜γƒ³ hen
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
わきま wakima
はγͺびら hanabira
わ wa
γ‹γ‚“γ‚€γ‚Š kanmuri
あらそ araso