| 1435 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1929 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4654 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1134 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1737 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1859 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1794 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 290 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3401 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1752 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2385 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2032 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3697 | Morohashi |
| 2737 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 807 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2013 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2169 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1316 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1992 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 唇音 【シンオン】 labial sound
- 唇音化 【シンオンカ】 labialization
- 下唇 【シタクチビル】 lower lip
- 上唇 【ウワクチビル】 upper lip, labrum
Kun reading compounds
- 唇 【くちびる】 lip, lips
- 唇を奪う 【くちびるをうばう】 to steal a kiss, to snatch a kiss
- 上唇 【うわくちびる】 upper lip, labrum
- 下唇 【したくちびる】 lower lip
Readings
- Korean:
- jin
Spanish
- labios
Portuguese
- Lábios
French
- lèvres
| 3377 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d7.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 7160.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5507 | 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, far-fetched argument, arguing against all reason
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 |