Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Stroke count: 18

Meaning: whip, rod, counter for whippings

Kunyomi: むち むちうつ

Onyomi: ベン ヘン

Composition: 便

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: leather, rawhide

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ベンタツ encouragement, urging, spurring on, chastising by whipping

ベンモウ flagellum

センベン initiative, pioneering

キョウベン teacher's cane, teacher's pointer

Kunyomi Examples

むち whip, lash, scourge, stick, cane, rod, pointer

入れ むちいれ whipping, using the whip

えだむち birch rod

飴と あめとむち carrot and stick, candy and whip

打つ むちうつ to whip, to lash, to give the rod, to spur on, to encourage