弁

弁 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿 (IT) or 難戈廿 (XIT), four-corner 2344₀, composition ⿱厶廾)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 353, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9588
• Dae Jaweon: page 668, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 514, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5F01

Ideogram (指事) : 厶 + 廾: hands (廾) placing a hat (厶) on someone’s head.

“cap; to wear a cap; low-ranking military officer; to place before or above”

Possibly related to 冕 (OC *mronʔ, “crown”) (Wang, 1982).

弁

1. conical cap worn during the Zhou dynasty
2. ^† (of a man) to wear a cap (usually to indicate adulthood)

   • 未幾見兮，突而弁兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     未几见兮，突而弁兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wèi jǐ jiàn xī, tū ér biàn xī. [Pinyin]

     When you see him after not a long time, Lo! he is wearing the cap!

3. (historical) low-ranking military officer
4. to place before or above
5. ^† quick; rushed
6. ^† to panic; to shudder
7. ^† Alternative form of 卞 (biàn, “to wrestle with bare hands”)
8. ^† Alternative form of 卞 (Biàn, “a county in Shandong”)
9. a surname

弁

1. ^† happy

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. hat

• On (unclassified): べん (ben, Jōyō)
• Kun: かんむり (kanmuri, 弁)

In Japan, this character is shinjitai of 3 characters, 辨, 瓣, 辯. Furthermore, in modern usage, this character is used to replace 辮 and 辦.

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 辨)

1. to distinguish

• Go-on: べん (ben, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: へん (hen)
• Kun: わきまえる (wakimaeru, 弁える); わける (wakeru, 弁ける)

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 瓣)

1. petal
2. valve

• Go-on: べん (ben, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kun: はなびら (hanabira)

• 花(か)弁(べん) (kaben, “petal”)

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 辯)

1. speech

• On (unclassified): べん (ben, Jōyō)
• Kun: とく (toku, 弁く); かたる (kataru, 弁る)

• 関(かん)西(さい)弁(べん) (Kansai-ben, “Kansai dialect”)
• 弁(べん)護(ご)士(し) (bengoshi, “attorney”)

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 辮)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 辮

• On (unclassified): べん (ben, Jōyō); へん (hen)
• Kun: あむ (amu, 弁む)

• 弁(べん)髪(ぱつ) (benpatsu)

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 辦)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 辦

• On (unclassified): べん (ben, Jōyō); はん (han)
• Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru, 弁める)

• 買(ばい)弁(べん) (baiben)

From Middle Chinese 辨 (MC bjenX|beanH).

• IPA^(key): [bẽ̞ɴ]

弁(べん) • (ben) 

1. discrimination

From Middle Chinese 瓣 (MC beanH).

• IPA^(key): [bẽ̞ɴ]

弁(べん) • (ben) 

1. petal
2. valve

From Middle Chinese 辯 (MC bjenX).

• IPA^(key): [bẽ̞ɴ]

弁(べん) • (-ben) 

1. dialect

   彼(かの)女(じょ)はコテコテの関(かん)西(さい)弁(べん)を話(はな)す。

   Kanojo wa kotekote no Kansaiben o hanasu.

   She speaks Kansai dialect with a strong accent.

• Category:Regional Japanese
• 方言(ほうげん) (hōgen, “dialect”)

弁 • (byeon, ban) (hangeul 변, 반, revised byeon, ban, McCune–Reischauer pyŏn, pan, Yale pyen, pan)

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弁: Hán Nôm readings: biền, biện

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