Kanji N2

板: plank, board, plate

板 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning plank, board, plate, written with 8 strokes. It is read ハン, バン (on) and いた (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 板 (いた, board) and 看板 (かんばん, signboard).

板

Meanings

  • plank
  • board
  • plate
  • stage
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#926 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ハン
  • バン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • いた

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 8. Start at the dot.

Common words with 板

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 板いた

    board; plank

    JLPT N3
  • 看板かんばん

    signboard; sign; billboard; hoarding; doorplate

    JLPT N2
  • 黒板こくばん

    blackboard

    JLPT N3
  • 登板とうばん

    taking the mound; pitching a game

  • 板門店パンムンジョム

    Panmunjom (Korea); Panmunjeom

  • 鉄板てっぱん

    iron plate; steel plate

  • 降板こうばん

    leaving the mound; being knocked out

  • 鋼板こうはん

    steel sheet; steel plate

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.