18 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

whip, rod, counter for whippings

Kun'yomi
  • whip ②stick
  • むちうつ
On'yomi
  • ベン
  • ヘン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

むち 85.6%
ベンヘン 14.4%

Character Breakdown

whip, rod, counter for whippings
むち ベン むちうつ (Kentei Pre-1)
leather, skin, reform
カク かわ (6th, N2)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
convenience, facility, excrement
ビン ベン たよ.り (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
grow late, night watch, sit up late
さら コウ ふ.ける (7th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)

Common Words

whip ②stick
whipping ②whiplash
to work hard ②to make someone do what is beyond their ability
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References

Unicode hex code 97AD
JIS X 0208 1-42-60
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5104
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6595
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2272
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1603
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2783
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2804
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2752
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 42937
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k15.8
Four corner code 4154.6