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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)
排気弁 はいきべん

exhaust valve

弁別素性 べんべつそせい

distinctive feature

顧問弁護士 こもんべんごし

legal adviser

自己弁護 じこべんご

self-justification

弁当代 べんとうだい

lunch money

合弁事業 ごうべんじぎょう

joint venture

国連難民高等弁務官事務所 こくれんなんみんこうとうべんむかんじむしょ

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

最終弁論 さいしゅうべんろん

closing argument

社内弁護士 しゃないべんごし

in-house lawyer

反対弁論 はんたいべんろん

opposing speech

弁護士費用 べんごしひよう

legal fee

有罪答弁 ゆうざいとうべん

guilty plea

答弁書 とうべんしょ

written response

弁当持参 べんとうじさん

bringing one's own lunch

弁明口調 べんめいくちょう

apologetic (defensive) tone of voice

竜骨弁 りゅうこつべん

keel petal (type of flower)

旗弁 きべん

standard (type of flower)

弁明書 べんめいしょ

letter of explanation

弁が立つ べんがたつ

to be eloquent

過度の弁解 かどのべんかい

profuse apology

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