# 弁 — Dialect

Frequency rank 700 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 嫌 (Dislike), less common than 復 (Restore).

- On’yomi: べん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 廾 Arch (Kangxi 55)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

A private (ム) line above twenty (廿) — a single private voice speaking for twenty people, each with their own dialect.

In words:

- お弁当 おべんとう — boxed lunch
- 弁当 べんとう — box lunch
- 弁償 べんしょう — next word;compensation;reparation;indemnity;reimbursement

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