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板

板 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. いた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「木」+音符「反」。「いた」を意味する漢語｛板｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

plank, board, plate, stage

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ハンElem.
  • バンElem.
Kun (native)
  • いたElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音ban3
  • 한글pan
  • Hán-ViệtBản

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+677F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木反

Words using this kanji

  • 板いた(いた) 木材を薄く平たく切ったもの。 (いた) 薄く平たいもの。 (いた) 板付き蒲鉾の略称。board, plank, sheet (of metal), plate (of glass)
  • 板門店パンムンジョムPanmunjom (Korea), Panmunjeom, Joint Security Area (Korean Demilitarized Zone)
  • 板ガラスいたガラス均一の厚さの板状のガラス。plate glass, sheet glass
  • 板前いたまえchef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine), cook, area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
  • 板金ばんきん金を板状に薄く引き延ばしたもの。いたがね。 金属の板を加工すること。 金属の板を加工する。sheet metal, metal plate
  • 板張りいたばりboarding, wooden floor
  • 板紙いたがみcardboard, paperboard, pasteboard
  • 板の間いたのまwooden floor, room with a wooden floor, changing room (at a public bath)
  • 板塀いたべい板でつくられた塀。wooden fence, board fence
  • 板子いたごship plank
  • 板戸いたどwooden door
  • 板目いためseam of joined boards, cross grain (of wood), thick card made from several sheets of washi paper
  • 板屋いたやshingle roof, house with a shingle roof
  • 板書ばんしょ黒板に字を書くこと。(act of) writing on a blackboard
  • 板壁いたかべwooden wall
  • 板場いたばkitchen (in a restaurant), cook, chef
  • 板簾いたすだれVenetian blind
  • 板長いたちょう板前を管理、統括する調理場の責任者。head chef
  • 板状ばんじょう板のように平たい形状。board-shaped, plank-shaped, sheet-shaped
  • 板絵いたえartwork on wood, canvas, metal sheet, etc.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-4
Four Corner
4194.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a4.21
Heisig
781
Nelson
2213