Memory phrase for the character: 晩

晩

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Meaning

nightfall, evening, late

Pronunciation

 BAN

Explanation

 Left: sun 日, right: escape, permit 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔=兎=[うさぎ] - long ear ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿)

Mnemonic
 
The sun escapes during nightfall.

Radicals

日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
免 escape, permitLike a rabbit 兔=兎=[うさぎ], but with without its tail 丶. Perhaps you can't see the tail of an escaping rabbit?
⺈ kneeling person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
儿 moving feetRadical: hitoashi
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 Vocabulary

晩御飯 ばんごはん  dinner, evening meal
毎晩 まいばん  every night
今晩 こんばん  tonight, this evening
晩 ばん  evening
晩年 ばんねん  (one's) last years

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