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Kanji Detail for 晚 - "evening, late"

晚

  • Meaning

    晚 means "evening, late." Also associated with dusk.

    1. Evening - The time from sunset to night.

    2. Late - Occurring after the expected time.

    3. Dusk - The darker part of twilight; nightfall.

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    • Verified meaning: evening, late
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: dusk

    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.

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    night; evening; late

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    night, evening; late

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    evening; night; late

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    night, evening; late

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

    Sunset. Any late time is called 晚. Such as old age is called 晚年. Late in the year is called 歲晚. | Later. Such as 相見恨晚 (regretting not meeting sooner). | A junior addressing a senior calls himself 晚生. Abbreviated as 晚.

  • Onyomi

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    ban(バン) バン

  • Kunyomi

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    kure(くれ) くれ

    osoi(おそ-い) おそ-い

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    evening late dusk night nighttime bedtime darkness eventide gloaming nocturnal sundown sunset twilight after dark

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