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Readings

Kana: バン、えびす
Romaji: ban, ebisu
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

barbarian

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  8
Frequency:  2339
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-2-10
Korean Reading:  man
Chinese Reading:  man2
Unicode:  86ee
JIS:  485A

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2129
Nelson Index: 322
New Nelson Index: 5314
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2j10.1
Four Corner Index: 0013.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 1722
Gakken Index: 1894
Daikanwanjiten Index: 33044
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0030
Remembering the kanji Index: 1747
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1718
Kodansha Compact Index: 1609
Kanji in Context Index: 1825
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1347
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1827
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1763
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1884
Essential Kanji Index: 1390
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2638
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 471
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1580

Words

南蛮 (なんばん)
southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); South-East Asia; Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions
蕃族 (ばんぞく)
savage tribe
蛮声 (ばんせい)
rough voice
蛮行 (ばんこう)
act of barbarity; brutality; barbarism
蛮習 (ばんしゅう)
barbarous custom
野蛮 (やばん)
savage; uncivilized; uncivilised
野蛮人 (やばんじん)
barbarian; savage
蛮語 (ばんご)
language of the barbarians
蛮骨 (ばんこつ)
brute courage; recklessness
蛮人 (ばんじん)
savage; barbarian; aboriginal
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