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番 — kanji meaning “turn”

turn, number in a series

Meanings
turn, number in a series
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Name readings
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

WordReadingMeaning
いちばん ichibannumber one; first; first place
ばんぐみ bangumiprogram (e.g. TV); programme
ばんごう bangounumber; series of digits
ほんばん honbanperformance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; take
じゅんばん junbanorder; turn
でばん debanone's turn; one's shift
るすばん rusubancare-taking; house-sitting; house-watching
こうばん koubanpolice box; koban; small neighborhood police station
ばんて bante(yarn) count
とうばん toubanbeing on duty; person on duty; one's turn
ばんち banchilot number; house number; street number
せばんごう sebangounumber on the back of a player's uniform; uniform number; shirt number

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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