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					Grade 5 -                弁 
 Kanji character Grade 5 弁. Writing practice along 
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			| About |  
			| valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, 
			distinguish, conical cap Kun: かんむり、 わきま.える、 わ.ける、 はなびら、 あらそ.う
 On: ベン、 ヘン
 5 strokes
 Radical: two hands, twenty 廾
 Parts: 厶 廾
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			| Onyomi |  
			| 弁 【ベン】 speech, tongue, talk, eloquence, dialect, brogue, accent, 
			bento, Japanese box lunch, petal, valve, Oversight Department, 
			division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo 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
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			| Kunyomi |  
			| 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 
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