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Kanji Detail for 晩 - "evening, night, late"

晩

  • Meaning

    晩 means "evening, night, late."

    1. Evening - Dusk; twilight; nighttime.

    2. Late - Delayed in time or season.

  • Words using 晩

    • 晩年 ばんねん Listen one's later years; final years (in life)
    • 毎晩 まいばん Listen every night
    • 一晩 ひとばん Listen one night; one evening; all night
    • 晩婚 ばんこん Listen late marriage
    • 今晩 こんばん Listen tonight; this evening
    • 昨晩 さくばん Listen last night
    • 明晩 みょうばん Listen tomorrow evening
    • 一晩中 ひとばんじゅう Listen all night long; all through the night

  • Four-character idioms with 晩

    • 大器晩成 たいきばんせい Listen great talents mature late

  • Tattoo check: 晩

    • Verified meaning: evening, night, late
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ばん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 晩

    Surnames 晩(ばん)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    nightfall; night

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    night

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 晚[wan3]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ban(バン) バン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    evening late night darkness dusk nocturnal sundown sunset twilight

Sentences including 晩

  • They made him work from morning till night.

  • See you tonight , then. cheers !

  • A man called on you last night.

  • Could you please put me up for the night?

  • Are you free this evening?

  • We're having some guests over this evening.

  • She asked us to dinner.

  • I was very tired last night.

  • I had a good night's rest.

  • I don't feel like going out tonight.

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