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Kanji: 番

KANJI
12 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
つが
 ON 音 
バン
STROKE ORDER
Slow Fast
Look up a kanji:  
JLPT Level:
JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:
Radical name:
Meaning:
Turn, number in a series
Usage:
Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 350 kanji are used even more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
(こうばん)
police box
N5
(ばんごう)
number
N4
(ばんぐみ)
television or radio program
N3
(いちばん)
best, first, number one
N3
(じゅんばん)
turn (in line), order of things
N2
(とうばん)
being on duty
N2
(ばんち)
house number, address
N2
(るすばん)
care-taking, caretaker, house-watching
N1
(かばん)
going off duty
N1
(ばんめ)
cardinal number suffix
Certain kanji information is from KANJIDIC, which is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.
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