Kanji · first appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary
斑

斑 – spot, blemish, speck

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2165 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 斑 means spot, blemish, speck, patches. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハン (han); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふ、まだら (fu, madara). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 文 (no. 67).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiハンhan
Kun’yomiふfu
Kun’yomiまだらmadara

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: (Kangxi radical 67). Components: 王・文.

Words using 斑

斑むらunevenness (of colour, paint, etc.)

Kanji with the same radical

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