弁天小僧 べんてんこぞう Meanings Noun Benten Kozō (main character of the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e) Kanji 弁 speech. Read as ベン. 天 heaven. Read as テン. 小 small 僧 monk. Read as ソウ. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists