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弁

Kanji 弁: meaning "valve, speech", readings, stroke order

The kanji 弁 means "valve, speech". On'yomi: ベン; kun'yomi: —. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
valve, speech
On'yomi
ベン
Kun'yomi
—
Strokes
5
Level
JLPT N3
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
辨瓣辯 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 弁

  • お弁当 おべんとう — a boxed lunch
  • 弁当 べんとう — box lunch
  • ~弁 ~べん — speech, dialect
  • 弁証法 べんしょうほう — Dialectics
  • 勘弁 かんべん — pardon, forgiveness, forbearance
  • 代弁 だいべん — speak for another
  • 弁解 べんかい — explanation, justification, excuse
  • 弁護 べんご — defense, pleading, advocacy
  • 弁償 べんしょう — compensation, reparation, reimbursement
  • 弁論 べんろん — discussion, debate, argument

Stroke order · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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