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) |
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
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 |
genius, years old, cubic shaku
- On:
- サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
1497 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 才 【サイ】 ability, gift, talent, aptitude, genius, sai, traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
- 歳 【サイ】 ... years old, age (of) ...
- 鬼才 【キサイ】 wizard, genius, remarkable talent, exceptional ability
- 英才 【エイサイ】 genius, brilliance, unusual talent, gifted person, person of unusual talent
Readings
- Korean:
- jae
Spanish
- talento
- capacidad
- habilidad
- años de edad
Portuguese
- gênio
- anos antigos
French
- génie
- "(x) ans" (âge)
- shaku cubique (18,04 ml)
217 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
139 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
126 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
639 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
270 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
574 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
553 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
35 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
551 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
560 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
739 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
853 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4218 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2131 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2880 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
688 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
11769 | Morohashi |
3410 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2059 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
681 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
736 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
85 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1447 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-3 | SKIP code |
5000.0 | Four corner code |
4020.0 | Four corner code |
1-26-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
624d | Unicode hex code |