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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)
弁護士事務所 べんごしじむしょ

law office

合弁会社 ごうべんがいしゃ

joint venture (company)

手弁当 てべんとう

preparing one's own lunch

唯物弁証法 ゆいぶつべんしょうほう

dialectical materialism

論弁 ろんべん

argument

国選弁護人 こくせんべんごにん

court-appointed attorney

達弁 たつべん

eloquence

特別弁護人 とくべつべんごにん

special counsel

愛妻弁当 あいさいべんとう

lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife

心臓弁膜症 しんぞうべんまくしょう

valvular heart disease

快弁 かいべん

eloquence

高等弁務官 こうとうべんむかん

high commissioner

思弁哲学 しべんてつがく

speculative philosophy

陳弁 ちんべん

defense (of oneself)

腰弁 こしべん

lunchbox hanging from one's waist

腰弁当 こしべんとう

lunchbox hanging from one's waist

僧帽弁 そうぼうべん

mitral valve

通弁 つうべん

interpretation (i.e. oral translation)

緩衝弁 かんしょうべん

cushion valve

過度の弁解 かどのべんかい

profuse apology

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