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Evening Nightfall Night Counter Sun Rabbit 晩 バン

Kanji
Onyomi バン
English nightfall, night
Examples 晩(ばん): (1) evening (2) counter for nights
晩年(ばんねん): (one's) last years
毎晩(まいばん): every night
今晩(こんばん): tonight; this evening
今晩は(こんばんは): good evening
晩御飯(ばんごはん): dinner; evening meal
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 6
Frequency 1424
Components 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days
免: excuse; dismissal
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 72
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword nightfall
Koohii Story 1 At nightfall the sun excuses itself and goes to sleep.
Koohii Story 2 This is EASY!!! Japanese people see a RABBIT ON THE MOON (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit ) and so nightfall is when the sun leaves to make way for the rabbit.

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade6, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_time

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