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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鰓蓋 【エラブタ】 gill cover, operculum
- 鰓弓 【サイキュウ】 branchial arch, gill arch
Kun reading compounds
- 鰓 【えら】 gills, branchia, angle of the mandible, gonial angle
- 鰓孔 【えらあな】 gill slit, pharyngeal slit
- 櫛鰓 【くしえら】 ctenidium, comb gill
- 海鰓 【うみえら】 sea pen (any coelenterate of the family Pennatulidae or related families), sea feather
Readings
- Korean:
- sae
Spanish
Portuguese
French
5315 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
46344 | Morohashi |
6900 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
11a9.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-11-9 | SKIP code |
2633.0 | Four corner code |
1-82-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9c13 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
678 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 類 【ルイ】 kind, sort, type, class, genus, order, family, similar example, parallel, the like
- 類似 【ルイジ】 resemblance, similarity, likeness, analogy
- 魚類 【ギョルイ】 fish, fishes
- 魚介類 【ギョカイルイ】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
Kun reading compounds
- 類い 【たぐい】 kind, sort, type, equal, match, peer
- 類いする 【たぐいする】 to be equal to, to be as good as, to be a match for, to rival
Readings
- Korean:
- ryu
Spanish
- variedad
- clase
- parecido
- afectar
Portuguese
- espécie
- tipo
- variedade
- classe
- gênero
French
- sorte
- variété
- classe
- genre
534 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
632 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
602 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
680 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5138 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
493 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1012 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2755 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
226 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
226 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
563 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1896 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2275 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1176 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1606 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
940 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
43608P | Morohashi |
1807 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6647 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
931 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1000 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
480 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
636 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1061 | 2001 Kanji |
9a9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-9-9 | SKIP code |
9148.6 | Four corner code |
1-46-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
985e | Unicode hex code |