漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
弁: valve, petal
Also: braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap
JLPT N15 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
厶 and 廾 carry the meaning
5 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ベンben · on'yomi · in compounds
- 弁護するべんごするdefend
- 弁解するべんかいするjustify
- 弁償するべんしょうするcompensate, reimburse
- 代弁するだいべんするspeak for another
- 答弁するとうべんするreply (in meeting)
- 関西弁かんさいべんKansai dialect
- 安全弁あんぜんべんsafety valve
- 花弁かべん(flower) petal
- 雄弁なゆうべんなeloquent
- 多弁なたべんなverbose
- 弁護士べんごしlawyer
- 弁当べんとうboxed lunch
Also read ヘン, かんむり, わきまえる, わける, はなびら, あらそう, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Hands (廾) + a head/hat. Represents a person wearing an official hat, using their "hands" and voice to speak eloquently and defend a position.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ベン
4 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read ヘン
7 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side弁 valve · 厶 + 廾
vs丼 bowl · 井 + 丶In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 瓣 · bàn
弁 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 瓣 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 瓣 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 瓣 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bàn most common reading
弁 also replaced 辨 and 辯, which Chinese keeps apart.
False friend. Chinese also has a character 弁 (biàn), but it is a different word. The Chinese for this kanji is 瓣.
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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