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藩 — Clan

JLPT N118 strokesSecondary school#1896 most used
clan, enclosure
On’yomiハン (han)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (18 strokes)

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Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 藩

WordReadingMeaning
はん
han
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief
藩主はんしゅ
hanshu
feudal lord; daimyo
藩士はんし
hanshi
retainer of a daimyo

Study notes

藩 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1896 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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