板 – plank, board, plate

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The kanji 板 means plank, board, plate, stage. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハン、バン (han, ban); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いた (ita). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハン	han
On’yomi	バン	ban
Kun’yomi	いた	ita

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 又・木・厂.

Words using 板

板いたboard黒板こくばんblackboard看板かんばんsignboard

Example sentences

矢が厚い板を貫通した。

The arrow pierced the thick board.

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この鉄の板はすずでメッキしてある。

This iron sheet is coated with tin.

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黒板に書きますね。

I'll write it on the blackboard.

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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