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Reading

Kana: ベン
Romaji: ben
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

bear (children)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  38
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-3-8
Korean Reading:  man
Chinese Reading:  wan3
Unicode:  5a29
JIS:  4A5A

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1219
New Nelson Index: 1233
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3e7.8
Four Corner Index: 4741.6
Daikanwanjiten Index: 6337
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0714
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 365
Kodansha Kanji Index: 486

Words

分娩 (ぶんべん)
delivery; confinement; childbirth
分娩期 (ぶんべんき)
time of delivery (of a child)
擬娩 (ぎべん)
couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born)
分娩時 (ぶんべんじ)
time of delivery (of a child)
自然分娩 (しぜんぶんべん)
natural childbirth
異常分娩 (いじょうぶんべん)
abnormal delivery
無痛分娩 (むつうぶんべん)
painless childbirth; painless delivery; obstetric analgesia for labor (e.g. epidural)
分娩作用 (ぶんべんさよう)
delivery; parturition
分娩臥床 (ぶんべんがしょう)
lying-in bed
多胎分娩 (たたいぶんべん)
(a) multiple birth; childbirth resulting in twins, triplets, etc.
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