Keyword
try hard
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig2129
Old form勉
Readings
べん
(99%)
Composed of
power
be exempt
Mnemonic

Those that have power are exempt from needing to try hard.

Used in vocabulary (46 in total)
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
study group; study meeting
Examples (200 in total)
There must have been time spent studying here.
It's just that I don't study.
I was just studying.