苯 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 8 strokes

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ベンゼン。化学物質の名。
  2. 苯教はボン教の中国語での表記。チベットの土着宗教。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

『形声』

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

benzene, luxuriant

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ホン
Other languages
  • 拼音ben3
  • 한글bun
  • Hán-ViệtBản
  • Hán-ViệtBổn

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
Unicode
U+82EF

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹本

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-5