| 1604 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1303 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5001 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1647 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1873 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1311 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1405 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1494 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1524 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 737 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 656 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 396 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 493 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1310 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41698 | Morohashi |
| 540 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6457 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1301 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1398 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1497 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1323 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 陳 【チン】 Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE), Ch'en, Chen dynasty (of China; 557-589 BCE), Ch'en dynasty
- 陳謝 【チンシャ】 apology
- 開陳 【カイチン】 stating (one's views), expressing
- 具陳 【グチン】 report in detail, formal statement
Kun reading compounds
- 陳ねる 【ひねる】 to age, to get old, to go stale, to be too grown-up (for one's age), to be precocious, to become twisted, to become warped, to become perverse
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のぶ
- Korean:
- jin
Spanish
- exhibir
- exponer
- desplegar
- ser viejo
Portuguese
- exibição
- estado
- relacionar
- explicar
French
- informer
- présenter
- raconter
- expliquer
| 3664 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 7529.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9673 | 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 |