This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ベン、ヘン、わきま.える、わ.ける、はなびら、あらそ.う
Romaji: ben, hen, wakima.eru, wa.keru, hanabira, araso.u
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

petal, valve

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  20
Radical Number:  28
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-7-13
Korean Reading:  pan
Chinese Reading:  ban4
Unicode:  74e3
JIS:  6122

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1644
Nelson Index: 845
New Nelson Index: 3689
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a5.30
Four Corner Index: 0044.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 21425X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0993
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2075

Words

(べん)
speech; tongue; talk; eloquence; dialect; brogue; accent; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal; valve; Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices
花弁 (はなびら、かべん)
(flower) petal
豆板醤 (トーバンジャン)
broad bean chili paste (Chinese seasoning)
安全弁 (あんぜんべん)
safety valve
絞り弁 (しぼりべん)
throttle valve
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