Memory phrase for the Kanji: 番


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Meaning number, guard, order, watch

Pronunciation

BAN

Explanation

Top: ripe rice-plant 釆 (combination of rice plant 禾 and rice 米), bottom: rice field 田

Mnemonic


 
The ripe rice plants on the field are numbered and need to be guarded.

Radicals

number, guard
rice field
rice & rice plantThe radical: nogome is understood as a combination of rice-plant 禾 and rice 米
riceThe rice plant has this radical: 禾
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 Vocabulary

番号 ばんごう  number, series of digits
番犬 ばんけん  watchdog
交番 こうばん  police box
番地 ばんち  house number, address
一番 いちばん  number one, the best
番組 ばんぐみ  program (e.g. TV)
当番 とうばん  being on duty
順番 じゅんばん  turn (in line), order of things
茶番 茶番  farce, charade​

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