晩
晩 — Nightfall
nightfall, night
On’yomiバン (ban)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 晩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晩 | ばん ban | evening; night; dinner |
| 晩年 | ばんねん bannen | one's later years; final years (in life) |
| 毎晩 | まいばん maiban | every night |
| 一晩 | ひとばん hitoban | one night; one evening; all night |
| 今晩 | こんばん konban | tonight; this evening |
| 今晩は | こんばんは konbanha | good evening |
Study notes
晩 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1424 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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