EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression

    弁舌は銀、沈黙は金。
    Speech is silver, silence is golden.

Also written 辯舌【べんぜつ】

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Characters in this word

2
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

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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

tongue, reed, clapper

Kun
した
On
ゼツ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1830 of 2500
Radical
tongue
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-3-3, 2-1-5SKIP code
3d3.9The Kanji Dictionary
2060.4Four corner code
2277deroo
820cUnicode hex code
1-32-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3855Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4917New Nelson (John Haig)
2186New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2711Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1384Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1871Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
41Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
41Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1711A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
878Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30277Morohashi
732A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1259Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1331Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
827sakade
1688Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
755henshall3
660Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1288Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1591Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
43Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
she2Pinyin reading
seolKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level