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弁 = 厶 + 廾
弁 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “valve”. It is built from 厶 (elbow) and 廾 (two hands). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 803.
- Keyword
- valve
- RTK frame
- 803
- Strokes
- 5
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ベン, ヘン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かんむり, わきま.える, わ.ける, はなびら, あらそ.う
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- клапан
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 弁 conical cap worn during zhou dynasty
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 弁 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “elbow” + “two hands”. 弁 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 弁 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.