Kanji1 / 5
弁 kanji
valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ベンヘン
Kun readings
かんむりわきまえるわけるはなびらあらそう
Variant forms
瓣辧辨辮辯Words with 弁
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —弁証論apologetics; dialectics
- —弁当屋lunch vendor
- —弁当箱lunch box; bento box
- —弁理士patent attorney; patent agent
- —弁鰓類lamellibranches (i.e. bivalves)
- —雄弁家orator; eloquent speaker; accomplished orator
- —安全弁safety valve
- —半月弁semilunar valve
- —離弁花schizopetalous flower
- —手弁当preparing one's own lunch; bringing one's own lunch; paying for one's own lunch; working without pay; volunteer work
- —詭弁家sophist
- —腰弁当lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
- —僧帽弁mitral valve; bicuspid valve
- —緩衝弁cushion valve
- —排気弁exhaust valve
- —弁当代lunch money
- —答弁書written response; reply
- —竜骨弁keel petal (type of flower)
- —弁明書letter of explanation; written explanation
- —電磁弁electromagnetic valve; solenoid valve