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Kanji Detail for 弁 - "petal, eloquent"

弁

  • Meaning

    弁 means "petal, eloquent." Also associated with to speak.

    1. Speak - To talk; to address.

    2. Eloquent - Skilled in speech; articulate.

    3. Petal - A flower part; a valve.

    4. Distinguish - To tell apart; to discern.

    5. Dialect - Regional speech; accent.

  • Words using 弁

    • 弁護士 べんごし Listen lawyer; attorney
    • 弁護人 べんごにん Listen counsel; defender; advocate
    • 口頭弁論 こうとうべんろん Listen oral proceedings; oral pleadings
    • 駅弁 えきべん Listen boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty)
    • お弁当 おべんとう Listen bento; Japanese box lunch

  • Four-character idioms with 弁

    • 自己弁護 じこべんご Listen self-justification; excuse

  • Tattoo check: 弁

    • Verified meaning: petal, eloquent
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さとす, さとる, ひとし, べん)
    • Also carries these associations: to speak

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 弁

    Given names 弁(さとす)Listen 弁(さとる)Listen 弁(ひとし)Listen 弁(べん)Listen 弁(わかち)Listen

    Surnames 弁(べんざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    conical cap worn during Zhou dynasty

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (old) cap (garment); military officer of low rank (in former times); preceding

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    conical cap worn during the Zhou dynasty

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A large ancient cap. There were leather caps and ceremonial caps. Leather caps for military; ceremonial caps for civil. | Since leather caps were military caps, military officials are called 弁. Such as 兵弁, 將弁. | Hasty. Interchangeable with 卞.

  • Onyomi

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    ben(ベン) ベン

    hen(ヘン) ヘン

  • Kunyomi

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    araso.u(あらそ-う) あらそ-う

    hanabira(はなびら) はなびら

    kanmuri(かんむり) かんむり

    wa.keru(わ-ける) わ-ける

    wakima.eru(わきま-える) わきま-える

  • Strokes

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    5 strokes

  • Radical

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    廾 (nijuashi・komanuki)

  • Related Keywords

    to speak eloquent petal dialect discern distinguish fruit seed understand valve speech argument articulate bloom blossom communicate debate declare discourse flower negotiation oration persuasion reasoning rhetoric

Sentences including 弁

  • You may bring your own lunch to school.

  • I don't believe he is a lawyer.

  • Everyone in the girls' class brought her lunch.

  • I doubt if he is a lawyer.

  • He has married his daughter to a young lawyer.

  • Give me a break.

  • It is no use excusing yourself.

  • What have you got to say for yourself?

  • You may bring your own lunch to school.

  • How about having our lunch in the park?

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