| 1261 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1825 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3535 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1394 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1630 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1452 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1545 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1565 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1533 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1707 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 913 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1236 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1360 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27421 | Morohashi |
| 1349 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4485 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1348 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1448 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1576 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1288 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 絞 【コウ】 death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
- 絞殺 【コウサツ】 strangulation, strangling
Kun reading compounds
- 絞る 【しぼる】 to wring (towel, rag), to squeeze, to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk, to rack (one's brains), to strain (one's voice), to extort, to exploit, to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke, to drill into, to train, to narrow down (one's focus), to whittle down, to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring), to stop down (lens), to turn down (e.g. radio), to bend (bow), to draw, to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize
- 絞める 【しめる】 to strangle, to constrict
- 絞まる 【しまる】 to be strangled, to be constricted
Readings
- Korean:
- gyo
Spanish
- constreñir
- contraer
- torcer
- estrujar
Portuguese
- estrangular
- apertar
- torcer
French
- étrangler
- serrer
- tordre
| 2766 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a6.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 2094.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d5e | Unicode hex code |
valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
619 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 弁 【ベン】 speech, tongue, talk, eloquence, dialect, brogue, accent, bento, Japanese box lunch, petal, valve, Oversight Department, division of the daijokan under the ritsuryō system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices
- 弁解 【ベンカイ】 explanation (e.g. for one's actions), excuse, justification, defense, defence
- 熱弁 【ネツベン】 impassioned speech, fervent speech
- 強弁 【キョウベン】 insisting (unreasonably), obstinate insistence
Kun reading compounds
- 弁える 【わきまえる】 to discern (e.g. right from wrong), to discriminate, to distinguish, to know (manners, one's place, etc.), to understand, to bear in mind
Readings
- Japanese names:
- べ
- Korean:
- byeon, ban
Spanish
- discurso
- dialecto
- distinguir
- identificar
- reembolsar
- pétalo
Portuguese
- válvula
- petala
- trança
- discurso
- dialeto
- discriminação
- livrar-se de
- distinguir
French
- éloquence
- valve
- pétale
- tresse
- dialecte
- discernement
- résoudre
- distinguer
| 715 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 807 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 786 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 793 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 846 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 513 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1265 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 275 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 711 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 724 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1116 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 262 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2497 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1264 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1730 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 750 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9588 | Morohashi |
| 2004 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1663 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 742 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 803 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 654 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2755 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.30 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 2344.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f01 | Unicode hex code |