番 — kanji meaning “turn”
番
turn, number in a series
- Meanings
- turn, number in a series
- On'yomi
- バン (ban)
- Kun'yomi
- つが.い
- Name readings
- は、ま
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #348 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 102
- Chinese reading
- fān, pān — Chinese character page
Words with 番
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一番 | いちばん ichiban | number one; first; first place |
| 番組 | ばんぐみ bangumi | program (e.g. TV); programme |
| 番号 | ばんごう bangou | number; series of digits |
| 本番 | ほんばん honban | performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; take |
| 順番 | じゅんばん junban | order; turn |
| 出番 | でばん deban | one's turn; one's shift |
| 留守番 | るすばん rusuban | care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching |
| 交番 | こうばん kouban | police box; koban; small neighborhood police station |
| 番手 | ばんて bante | (yarn) count |
| 当番 | とうばん touban | being on duty; person on duty; one's turn |
| 番地 | ばんち banchi | lot number; house number; street number |
| 背番号 | せばんごう sebangou | number on the back of a player's uniform; uniform number; shirt number |
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