JLPT N3 · 12 strokes
Kanji 晩: "nightfall, night"
The kanji 晩 means "nightfall, night". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read バン in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
バン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | nightfall, night |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 1424 of 2,501 |
Common words with 晩
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 晩evening; night · dinner; evening meal
- 一晩one night; one evening · all night; overnight
- 今晩はgood evening
- 今晩tonight; this evening
- 毎晩every night
- 昨晩last night
- 一晩中all night long; all through the night
- その晩that night; that evening · over the course of the evening
- 晩飯dinner; evening meal
- 晩餐dinner (esp. a formal one)
- 晩餐会banquet; dinner party
- 晩年one's later years; final years (in life)
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