弁 — kanji meaning “valve”
弁
valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap
- Meanings
- valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap
- On'yomi
- ベン (ben)、ヘン (hen)
- Kun'yomi
- かんむり、わきま.える、わ.ける、はなびら、あらそ.う
- Name readings
- べ
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #619 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 55
- Chinese reading
- biàn — Chinese character page
Words with 弁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弁護士 | べんごし bengoshi | lawyer; attorney |
| 弁当 | べんとう bentou | bento; Japanese box lunch |
| 弁護 | べんご bengo | defense; defence; pleading |
| 答弁 | とうべん touben | response; reply; answer |
| 弁明 | べんめい benmei | explanation; excuse; clarification |
| 弁論 | べんろん benron | discussion; debate; argument |
| 勘弁 | かんべん kanben | pardon; forgiveness; forbearance |
| 駅弁 | えきべん ekiben | boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty) |
| 代弁 | だいべん daiben | speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for) |
| 弁解 | べんかい benkai | explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification |
| 合弁 | ごうべん gouben | joint management; pool |
| 弁済 | べんさい bensai | repayment; settlement (of a debt); paying off |
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