弁 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「廾」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「廾」
- On
- ベン
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- speech; dialect; valve
Origin
Two hands setting a cap in place; telling things apart and speaking them — hence "speech, to distinguish."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ベン | 弁償・花弁・雄弁 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 弁当べんとう
boxed lunch
- 関西弁かんさいべん
Kansai dialect
Example
母が弁当を作ってくれた。
My mother made me a boxed lunch.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)