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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

廾

Decomposition

⿱厶廾

Etymology

Pictographic: Two hands 廾 putting the cap 厶 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
ヘン hen
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
わきま wakima
はなびら hanabira
わ wa
かんむり kanmuri
あらそ araso

Words Using This Kanji

254 words total
Other (20 words)
弁護団 べんごだん

team of lawyers

弁済 べんさい

repayment

弁償金 べんしょうきん

reparation

弁舌 べんぜつ

speech

弁難 べんなん

denunciation

弁明 べんめい

explanation

弁じる べんじる

to speak

弁慶の泣き所 べんけいのなきどころ

Achilles heel

弁護士 べんごし

lawyer

弁護料 べんごりょう

lawyer's fee

弁財天 べんざいてん

Benzaiten

弁証 べんしょう

dialectic proof

弁当 べんとう

bento

弁髪 べんぱつ

pigtail

弁理 べんり

management

弁ずる べんずる

to manage

弁慶草 べんけいそう

orpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)

弁護者 べんごしゃ

proponent

弁座 べんざ

valve seat

過度の弁解 かどのべんかい

profuse apology

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