Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

斑: spot, blemish

Also: speck, patches

N1 (our estimate)12 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

王 and 文 carry the meaning

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ハンhan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 一斑いっぱんsingle part (of a whole); one detail
  • 黄斑おうはんmacula; macula lutea; yellow spot

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 斑むらunevenness (of colour, paint, etc.)

Also read ふ, まだら, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Civilization begins with a single mark. Whether it’s a beautiful pattern on a piece of pottery or a word inscribed on a page, this radical is the soul of human culture.”
More in the 文 literature story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
王

Also built on jewelry (王)

All 35
文

Also built on literature (文)

All 5

Also read ハン

26 kanji share this on'yomiAll 26

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
斑 spot · 文
vs琴 harp · 今
斑 has 文 where 琴 has 今.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bān

Same form: 斑 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
斑 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
斑 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bān most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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