Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

619 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap

Kunyomi: かんむり わきま.える わ.ける はなびら あらそ.う

Onyomi: ベン ヘン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にじゅうあし

Meaning: two hands, twenty

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

護する(べんごする)   defend

解する(べんかいする)   justify

償する(べんしょうする)   compensate, reimburse

する(だいべんする)   speak for another

する(とうべんする)   reply (in meeting)

関西(かんさいべん)   Kansai dialect

安全(あんぜんべん)   safety valve

(かべん)   (flower) petal

な(ゆうべんな)   eloquent

な(たべんな)   verbose

護士(べんごし)   lawyer

当(べんとう)   boxed lunch

Onyomi Examples

ベン speech, tongue, talk, eloquence, dialect, brogue, accent, bento, Japanese box lunch, petal, valve, Oversight Department, division of the daijokan under the ritsuryō system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices

ベンカイ explanation (e.g. for one's actions), excuse, justification, defense, defence

ネツベン impassioned speech, fervent speech

キョウベン insisting (unreasonably), obstinate insistence

Kunyomi Examples

える わきまえる to discern (e.g. right from wrong), to discriminate, to distinguish, to know (manners, one's place, etc.), to understand, to bear in mind