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: 厶 廾
Radical: 廾
Reading: にじゅうあし
Meaning: two hands, twenty
Strokes: 3
弁護する(べんごする) defend
弁解する(べんかいする) justify
弁償する(べんしょうする) compensate, reimburse
代弁する(だいべんする) speak for another
答弁する(とうべんする) reply (in meeting)
関西弁(かんさいべん) Kansai dialect
安全弁(あんぜんべん) safety valve
花弁(かべん) (flower) petal
雄弁な(ゆうべんな) eloquent
多弁な(たべんな) verbose
弁護士(べんごし) lawyer
弁当(べんとう) boxed lunch
弁 (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
弁解 (ベンカイ) explanation (e.g. for one's actions), excuse, justification, defense, defence
熱弁 (ネツベン) impassioned speech, fervent speech
強弁 (キョウベン) insisting (unreasonably), obstinate insistence
弁える (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
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: 厶 廾
Radical: 廾
Reading: にじゅうあし
Meaning: two hands, twenty
Strokes: 3
弁護する(べんごする) defend
弁解する(べんかいする) justify
弁償する(べんしょうする) compensate, reimburse
代弁する(だいべんする) speak for another
答弁する(とうべんする) reply (in meeting)
関西弁(かんさいべん) Kansai dialect
安全弁(あんぜんべん) safety valve
花弁(かべん) (flower) petal
雄弁な(ゆうべんな) eloquent
多弁な(たべんな) verbose
弁護士(べんごし) lawyer
弁当(べんとう) boxed lunch
弁 (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
弁解 (ベンカイ) explanation (e.g. for one's actions), excuse, justification, defense, defence
熱弁 (ネツベン) impassioned speech, fervent speech
強弁 (キョウベン) insisting (unreasonably), obstinate insistence
弁える (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