Hanja Analyzer
辯

辯 — byeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
말씀 변
Romanization
byeon
English
dispute, argue, debate, discuss
Mandarin
biàn
Japanese on'yomi
ヘン, ベン, ヘツ, ヘチ, ハン
Japanese kun'yomi
わきま.える わ.ける はなびら あらそ.う
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
21
Variant forms
弁 瓣 辨 辮
Radical
辛 (160, 14 residual)
Unicode
U+8FAF

How 辯 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 辯 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辡, 言.

Korean example words with 辯

  • 일변逸辯 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 말솜씨
  • 활변活辯 Korean gloss: 활기 있는 웅변
  • 변구辯口 Korean gloss: 말을 잘하는 재주
  • 변설辯舌 Korean gloss: 말을 잘하는 재주
  • 재변才辯 Korean gloss: 재치 있는 말솜씨
  • 눌변訥辯 Korean gloss: 더듬거리는 서툰 말솜씨
  • 변해辯解 Korean gloss: 말로 풀어 자세히 밝힘
  • 구변口辯 Korean gloss: 말을 잘하는 재주나 솜씨
  • 변법辯法 Korean gloss: 어떤 일에 대처하는 방법
  • 언변言辯 Korean gloss: 말을 잘하는 재주나 솜씨
  • 웅변雄辯 Korean gloss: 의심할 나위 없이 명백함
  • 쾌변快辯 Korean gloss: 시원스럽고 거침없이 잘하는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Other hanja read “변”

Other hanja with radical 辛

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