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Kanji for Turn
The kanji for “turn” is 番, read ban and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
番
turn
One's turn and duty.
12 strokes On reading バン (ban) Kun reading つがい (tsugai) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: turn, number in a series
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ban
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