Japanese Kanji
弁ben
valve · petal · braid
Grade 5 · JLPT N1 · 5 strokes
Valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap.
弁 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 5 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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