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晩

Night
Stroke count: 12

Readings

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JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 6Level 15

Meanings

  1. night
    彼は彼女に昨晩婚約指輪を贈った。He gave her an engagement ring last night.tatoeba
  2. nightfallRtK
  1. dinner
  2. evening meal
  3. counter for nights

Homonyms

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Same reading (ばん)
盤 · board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.)番 · number (in a series)

Popular Usage

今晩毎晩晩御飯

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

sun (日) · day (日) · village stocks · rabbit · bound up (乙) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2128

Compound words

今晩こんばん
tonight; this evening
毎晩まいばん
every night
晩御飯ばんごはん
dinner; evening meal
一晩ひとばん
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
昨晩さくばん
last night
朝晩あさばん
morning and evening; all the time; always; every day; day and night
晩婚ばんこん
late marriage
晩酌ばんしゃく
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
晩年ばんねん
one's later years; final years (in life)
明晩みょうばん
tomorrow evening
今晩はこんばんは
good evening
一晩中ひとばんじゅう
all night long; all through the night
幾晩いくばん
several nights
晩餐ばんさん
dinner (esp. a formal one)
晩禱ばんとう
vespers
ひと晩ひとばん
one night
一昨晩いっさくばん
night before last
晩香波バンクーバー
Vancouver
晩香坡バンクーバー
Vancouver
晩餐会ばんさんかい
banquet
晩蒔きおそまき
late sowing
晩白柚ばんぺいゆ
cultivar of pomelo (Citrus maxima, Citrus grandis)
三日三晩みっかみばん
three days and three nights
主の晩餐しゅのばんさん
the Lord's Supper

Additional Examples

彼は晩年を自伝を書くことに献げた。
He devoted the last years of his life to writing his autobiography.tatoeba
彼は晩餐会に妻を同伴していた。
He was accompanied by his wife at the dinner party.tatoeba
彼は晩学だ。
He acquired education late in his life.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Evening. 日 (sun) + 免 (escape) — the sun has gone.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 晩

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