Memory phrase for the Kanji: 番


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Meaning

number, guard, order, watch

Pronunciation

BAN

Explanation

Top: ripe rice-plant (combination of rice plant and rice ), bottom: rice field

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 and rice
riceThe rice plant has this radical:
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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
 留守番  るすばん  care-taking, caretaker, house-watching
 順番  じゅんばん  turn (in line)/order of things

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