弁 Kanji for speech

N1Grade 55 strokes

speech, valve, petal, braid, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap

Kun: かんむり、わきま.える、わ.ける、はなびら、あらそ.う
On: ベン、ヘン

弁 is the Japanese kanji for speech, valve, petal, braid, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap. It is written with 5 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is かんむり、わきま.える、わ.ける and its on reading is ベン、ヘン.

Stroke order

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Words with 弁

弁べんspeech, tongue, talk
弁わきまえるto discern (e.g. right from wrong), to discriminate, to distinguish
答とう弁べんresponse, reply, answer
弁べん護ごdefense, defence, pleading
弁べん当とうbento, Japanese box lunch
弁べん護ご士しlawyer, attorney

Practice 弁 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.