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弁 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「廾」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「廾」
On
ベンべん · ben
Kun
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Meaning
speech; dialect; valve

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Two hands setting a cap in place; telling things apart and speaking them — hence "speech, to distinguish."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onベンべんben弁償べんしょう花弁かべん雄弁ゆうべん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 弁当べんとう

    boxed lunch

  • 関西弁かんさいべん

    Kansai dialect

More words with this kanji

  • 訥弁とつべん
  • 詭弁きべん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

母(はは)が弁当(べんとう)を作(つく)ってくれた。

My mother made me a boxed lunch.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

弁当関西弁関西弁弁当to hit西west関barrie…弊abuse抃to cla…泯to die…俛to bow…便conven…眄to loo…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 廾Map of reading ベンAll maps

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