Memory phrase for the Kanji: 弁


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Meaning

dialect, speech, valve

Pronunciation

BEN

Explanation

Top: nose , bottom: two hands (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers towards the top; simplified & combined)

Mnemonic

If you hold the nose with both hands it sounds like a dialect.

Radicals

noseThis radical is typically understood as a nose in a sideview that is seen from the left.
two handsTwo hands 屮 (with the fingers towards the top) simplified and combined.
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Vocabulary

 お弁当  おべんとう  box lunch
 代弁  だいべん  pay by proxy, act for another, speak for another
 勘弁  かんべん  pardon, forgiveness, forbearance
 弁償  べんしょう  next word, compensation, reparation, indemnity, reimbursement
 弁解  べんかい  explanation, justification, excuse
 弁論  べんろん  discussion, debate, argument
 弁護  べんご  defense, pleading, advocacy
 弁  べん  dialect as a suffix: (eg 大阪弁, Osaka dialect)


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