Entry
  1. Noun

    lecturer; rhetorician; orator

    彼らは、弁士を大いにほめた。
    They paid a high compliment to the speaker.
  2. narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter

    Historical termsee 活弁

Also written 辯士【べんし】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
619 of 2500
Radical
two hands
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-3SKIP code
0a5.30The Kanji Dictionary
2344.0Four corner code
2755deroo
5f01Unicode hex code
1-42-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
846Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1663New Nelson (John Haig)
2004New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2497Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1264Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1730Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
742Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
803Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
793A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
275Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
513Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9588Morohashi
786A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
711Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
724Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
715sakade
1265Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
807henshall3
654Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1116Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
262Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
750Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bian4Pinyin reading
byeon, banKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

Kun
さむらい
On
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
526 of 2500
Radical
scholar
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-3-2SKIP code
3p0.1The Kanji Dictionary
4010.0Four corner code
1472deroo
58ebUnicode hex code
1-27-46JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1160Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1117New Nelson (John Haig)
3405New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4213Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2129Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2877Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
319Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
341Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
301A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
41Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
59Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5638Morohashi
494A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
572Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
581Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
410sakade
1173Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
521henshall3
441Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
386crowley
755Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
393Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
325Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level