Memory phrase for the Kanji: 番

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

番 number, guard
田 rice field
釆 rice & rice plantThe radical: nogome is understood as a combination of rice-plant 禾 and rice 米
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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