JLPT N5 · Learning

番

ばん

number; turn

Stroke order of 番

番 is written with 12 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Rice field (田) with grain marks on top: fields lined up in numbered turns.

Parts: 番 number/turn (single kanji)

Example sentence

私の番ですか。

わたしのばんですか？

Is it my turn?

Words with 番

一番number one; best; most 交番police box 電話番号phone number 番組TV program 暗証番号PIN 番号number 順番order; one's turn

More words: Learning

学ぶto learn; to study 覚えるto remember; to memorize 忘れるto forget 分かるto understand 消すto erase; to turn off 写すto copy 読み方way of reading 書き方way of writing 文sentence 練習practice 入学entering a school 答えanswer

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