Memory phrase for the Kanji: 弁

弁

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Meaning dialect, speech, valve

Pronunciation

BEN

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

ム noseThis radical is typically understood as a nose in a sideview that is seen from the left.
廾 two handsTwo hands 屮 (with the fingers 山 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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