Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

926 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: plank, board, plate, stage

Kunyomi: いた

Onyomi: ハン バン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: きへん

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(こくばん)   blackboard

(かんばん)   signboard, billboard

掲示(けいじばん)   bulletin board, clipboard

(てっぱん)   iron plate

(かんぱん)   deck

(いた)   board, plank

前(いたまえ)   chef, cook

Onyomi Examples

門店 パンムンジョム Panmunjon (Korea), Joint Security Area (Korean Demilitarized Zone)

版画 ハンガ woodcut, woodblock print, art print

ゴウハン veneer board, plywood, joint publication

コウハン steel sheet, steel plate

版木 ハンギ (printing) block, woodcut

バンキン sheet metal, metal plate

コウハン steel sheet, steel plate

コウバン leaving the mound, being knocked out, resignation, stepping down, withdrawing

Kunyomi Examples

いた board, plank, sheet (of metal), plate (of glass), pane, slab, cutting board, chopping board, chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine), cook, stage (i.e. at a theatre)

ガラス いたガラス plate glass, sheet glass

まな まないた chopping board, cutting board

あついた plank, thick board, plate glass, heavy metal sheet (esp. welding), heavy brocaded obi