Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2339 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: barbarian

Kunyomi: えびす

Onyomi: バン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: insect

Examples

Onyomi Examples

バンユウ foolhardiness, recklessness, savage valour, savage valor, brute courage

バンコウ act of barbarity, barbarism, brutality, savagery

ナンバン southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south), South-East Asia, Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies), exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style), (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm), nanban, dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions

生蕃 セイバン unconquered savage, uncivilized aboriginal, aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction