番

Meanings

1. number (in a series)
2. (one's) turn
3. watch; guard; lookout
4. rank; standing; position
5. bout; match

Part of speech: noun, noun (suffix)

Kanji

• 番

  Meanings

  turn, number in a series

  On reading

  バン

  Kun reading

  つが.い

  Strokes

  12

Example sentences

• 私の自宅の電話番号は市外局番が２０１で１２３ー４５６７番です。

  My home phone number is, area code two-oh-one, one-two-three, four-five-six-seven.

  Tatoeba #163470 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• ６時からずっと待っているのだが、僕の番がまだ来ない。

  I've been waiting since six o'clock and still my turn hasn't come.

  Tatoeba #235064 · CC BY 2.0 FR