弁

speech; valve; petal; braid; dialect; discrimination; dispose of; distinguish

5 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 619.

Readings

• ベン (on reading): 弁護士 (べんごし) lawyer; 弁当 (べんとう) bento
• ヘン (on reading)
• かんむり (kun reading)
• わきまえる (kun reading): 場所柄弁えず (ばしょがらわきまえず) not in keeping with the occasion
• わける (kun reading)
• はなびら (kun reading)
• あらそう (kun reading)

Components

• 厶
• 廾
• 厶 radical private
• 廾 radical two hands

Kanji containing 弁

• 弃 reject
• 峅 shrine in the mountains

Words using 弁

• 弁護士 (べんごし) lawyer
• 弁当 (べんとう) bento
• 勘弁 (かんべん) pardon
• 弁 (べん) speech
• 関西弁 (かんさいべん) Kansai dialect
• 場所柄弁えず (ばしょがらわきまえず) not in keeping with the occasion
• 駄弁る (だべる) to jabber
• 弁財 (べざい) large Japanese junk
• 弁才船 (べざいせん) large Japanese junk

280 words in all.

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