晩 - evening - Kanji alive

Kanji

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Meaning

evening

Onyomi

バン

Kunyomi

n/a

Radical

ひへん

sun, day, time

Strokes

Grade

Kodansha

668

Classic Nelson

2145

Hint

Time of the day 日 when the bad mouths 免 (orig. "open mouth" ク, "double mouth" Image of kanji fragment

, "high legs" 儿), who never go to bed early, are heard.

Kanji alive

Examples

今晩（こんばん）

tonight

明晩（みょうばん）

tomorrow evening

昨晩（さくばん）

last night

毎晩（まいばん）

every night

晩御飯（ばんごはん）

dinner

Please see our User Guide for detailed explanations of all of Kanji alive's features or watch our short demonstration videos. If you are having technical difficulties, please refer to our Troubleshooting page.

詳細は、メニューの「日本語」内にある使用説明とトラブルシューティングをご参照ください。

Navigation

Detail view navigation: action, and how to do it
Next/Previous kanji	Use the Left arrow and Right arrow keys or click on the left and right single pointed brackets in the top navigation bar
Toggle kanji animation/typeface	Use the Up arrow or Down arrow keys or click on the large image of the kanji.
Next/Previous typeface	Use the `Shift` + Left arrow and `Shift` + Right arrow keys or click on the left and right single pointed brackets next to the name of the typeface
Return to Search	Click on the text of the current search term on the far left of the navigation bar

Note: The order in which kanji appear in the detail view when selecting the next or previous kanji is dependant on the sort mode previously chosen in the search view.

Other Interactive Elements

Interactive elements: element, and how to use it
Play/Pause kanji animation	Use the `spacebar` or click on the play/pause icon in the center of the kanji animation controls.
Next/Previous stroke	Use the `Shift` + Left arrow or `Shift` + Right arrow keys, click the previous and next stroke icons on each side of the play/pause icon or move your mouse cursor over the stroke breakdown images.
Radical animation	Use the `Shift` + `r` keys or click on the image on the far right of the radical field to view an animation illustrating the radical's historical derivation.
Examples	Move your mouse cursor over a Japanese word in the Examples field to reveal its English meaning. Click on the play icon to the right of each example to hear its pronunciation.

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