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

discrimination, dispose of, distinguish

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  160
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-7-9
Korean Reading:  byeon
Chinese Reading:  bian4
Unicode:  8fa8
JIS:  517E

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4648
New Nelson Index: 6002
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a5.30
Four Corner Index: 0044.1
Japanese Names Index: 2496
Daikanwanjiten Index: 38657
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.1083
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2029

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
弁財天 (べんざいてん、べざいてん)
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
弁え (わきまえ)
sense; discretion; knowledge
明弁 (めいべん)
discernment; clear analysis; clear expression; distinguished speech
弁慶 (べんけい)
strong person; person putting on a brave front; bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.); checks; plaid; checked pattern
弁当 (べんとう)
bento; Japanese box lunch
弁官 (べんかん、おおともいのつかさ)
Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)
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