JLPT N1 · 18 strokes
Kanji 藩: "clan, enclosure"
The kanji 藩 means "clan, enclosure". It is written with 18 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ハン 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)
ハン
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 | clan, enclosure |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 18 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1896 of 2,501 |
Common words with 藩
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 藩han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
- 藩士retainer of a daimyo
- 藩主feudal lord; daimyo
- 諸藩various fiefdoms; various domains
- 藩邸residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
- 脱藩becoming a lordless samurai
- 各藩each (feudal) domain; each fief
- 大藩large feudal domain; large fiefdom
- 藩政domain administration (Edo period); clan administration
- 藩中within a (feudal) domain
- 同藩the same domain; the same province
- 雄藩influential feudal domain; powerful clan
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