弁 means valve
petal, braid, speech, dialect
Two hands around a nose: speech.
On'yomi
- ベンben
- ヘンhen
Kun'yomi
- かんむりkanmuri
- わきま(える)wakimaeru
- わ(ける)wakeru
- はなびらhanabira
- あらそ(う)arasou
How it's built
- 厶private
- 廾both hands
Common words
- 花弁はなびらpetal
- 弁当べんとうbento; Japanese box lunch
- 弁論べんろんdiscussion; debate
- 弁護べんごdefense; defence