What is the Kanji for "Evening" and "Nightfall"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Evening" and "Nightfall", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Evening" and "Nightfall" is "晩".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Ban".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "日" means "Day" and "Sun" and can be read as "Jitsu", "Nichi", "Hi", and "Ka". And The kanji "免" means "Escape", "Avoid", and "Excuse" and can be read as "Men" and "Manuka".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "晩" mean in japanese?

"晩" means "Evening" and "Nightfall".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Sixth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N3 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

今晩: "Evening". The Japanese noun '今晩 (こんばん)' refers to the evening or the time of day from around 6pm to midnight. It is commonly used to ask about or describe a plan or activity happening during the evening hours. For example: What are you doing tonight? - (今晩何をしますか). Good evening - (今晩は).

毎晩: "Every night". The Japanese noun '毎晩 (まいばん)' means 'every night'. It is used to indicate that something occurs or happens every single night, without exception. For example: I go to bed at 10 pm every night - (毎晩10時に寝る). She cooks dinner for her family every night - (彼女は毎晩家族のために夕食を作る).

昨晩: "Last night". The Japanese noun '昨晩 (さくばん)' means 'last night'. It is used to refer to the previous night or the night before today. For example: I went to bed late last night - (私は昨晩遅く寝ました). We had dinner last night - (私たちは昨晩夕食を食べました).

晩: "Evening". The Japanese noun '晩 (ばん)' means 'evening'. This word refers to the later part of the day, typically starting around 6pm and extending into the night. It is commonly used in phrases like '今晩 (こんばん)' meaning 'this evening' or '夕晩 (ゆうばん)' meaning 'evening'. For example: Let's meet in the evening - (晩に会いましょう). I'm tired from working all evening - (晩中働いて疲れました).

晩年: "Late years". The noun '晩年 (ばんねん)' means 'late years'. It refers to the final period of one's life, typically after retirement or old age. This term is often used to describe the later stages of a person's life, especially in reference to their achievements, reflections, or any significant events that occurred during this time. For example: In his late years, the author wrote his most acclaimed works - (作家の晩年に、彼の最も評価された作品を書いた). The late years of the president were marked by declining health - (大統領の晩年は健康の衰えに見舞われた).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ば" is read as "ba". And The hiragana "ん" is read as "n".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.