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Kanji Detail for 番 - "in turn, number, watch"

番

  • Meaning

    番 means "in turn, number, watch."

    1. In turn - Alternately; taking turns.

    2. Number - Order; sequence; rank; frequency.

    3. Watch - Guard duty; lookout.

    4. Pair - A male and female combination; a matched set.

    5. To nock - To place an arrow on a bowstring.

  • Words using 番

    • 一番 いちばん Listen number one; first; first place
    • 番組 ばんぐみ Listen program (e.g. TV); programme
    • 番号 ばんごう Listen number; series of digits
    • 本番 ほんばん Listen performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; take
    • 番手 ばんて Listen (yarn) count; nth place (in a race); nth position (in a starting lineup)
    • 二番 にばん Listen second; number two; runner-up
    • 出番 でばん Listen one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage
    • 順番 じゅんばん Listen order; turn

  • Four-character idioms with 番

    • 励声一番 れいせいいちばん Listen giving cries of encouragement at a critical moment
    • 大死一番 だいしいちばん Listen exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
    • 奮起一番 ふんきいちばん Listen bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto
    • 緊褌一番 きんこんいちばん Listen gird oneself up
    • 開口一番 かいこういちばん Listen at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else

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    • Verified meaning: in turn, number, watch
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つがい, 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 番

    Surnames 番(つがい)Listen 番(ばん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    turn; number in a series

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to take turns; a turn, a time; to repeat

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Pan

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to take turns, to repeat; to sow; a turn

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To count. Successive. Successively increasing times are called 番. Such as 連番 (consecutive times), 更番 (alternating turns), 二十四番花信風 (twenty-four flower-signal winds) and such. | One of the ancient western tribes. The same as Tang's Tibet. Located in Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places. In later ages, foreigners were generally called 番. Such as 番舶 (foreign ships), 番銀 (foreign silver). | The indigenous people in Taiwan's interior are called 番. Such as 番布 (native cloth), 番蓆 (native mats). All products from that land. | 番禺. A county name. Belonging to Guangdong. | [Character Analysis] Top from 采. Commonly from 米 is wrong.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ban(バン) バン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsuga.i(つが-い) つが-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    田 (ta・tahen)

  • Related Keywords

    in turn number watch order sequence rank pair alternating guard duty series rotation shift episode nock

Sentences including 番

  • The ball is with you.

  • You should buy an answering machine.

  • You have the wrong number.

  • Fall is when we can study best.

  • We are facing a crucial time.

  • I like english best.

  • It's your turn to drive.

  • She asked the same question of everyone in turn.

  • I forgot your phone number.

  • Mary is the prettiest girl in her class.

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