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晩 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「日」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「日」
On
バンばん · ban
Kun
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Meaning
evening; night; late

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

日 "sun" plus 免 "to escape"; the sun slipping away into darkness — hence "evening."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onバンばんban晩夏ばんか今晩こんばん早晩そうばん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 今晩こんばん

    this evening

  • 晩年ばんねん

    one's later years

More words with this kanji

  • 晩酌ばんしゃく
  • 晩餐ばんさん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

今晩(こんばん)は家(いえ)で本(ほん)を読(よ)む。

This evening I will read at home.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

今晩晩年晩今now年year映to ref…暖warm暮nightf…日sun旧old万ten th…卍manji…判to jud…伴accomp…板board
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 日Map of reading バンAll maps

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