Kanji1 / 12
番 kanji
turn, number in a series
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
バン
Kun readings
つがい
Words with 番
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —番頭head of a group of samurai guards; head of a guard division (Edo period)
- —番街nth avenue
- —スケ番leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls
- —一番鶏first cockcrowing
- —一番線track no. 1
- —一番茶first-grade tea (first picking)
- —下足番doorman in charge of footwear
- —下駄番toe guards on clogs; footwear doorman
- —何番目what number (in a sequence); what rank
- —火の番night watch; fire watchman
- —玄関番doorkeeper; doorman; porter
- —春一番first storm of spring; strong winds during the change from winter to spring
- —生番組live program; live programme
- —茶番的farcical; comical
- —着番号incoming (phone) number
- —二番作second crop
- —二番星second star of the evening
- —２番線platform no. 2; track 2
- —二番目second (in a series)
- —不寝番sleepless vigil; night watch; vigilance