JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 3
藩

Meaning

Kanji 藩

clan

clan, enclosure

Stroke Order
Stroke order animation controls

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
Onyomi 音読み
ハン
Nanori 名乗り
-

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
-
JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#1896
Strokes
18
Radical
艸
Components
汁 • 艾 • 田 • 米 • 釆
Kanji Kentei
Level 3
Similar Kanji
潘 • 籓

Related vocabulary

28 common entries

Showing 28 of 38 entries that include this kanji.

藩

はん

han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods)

藩主

はんしゅ

feudal lord

藩士

はんし

retainer of a daimyo

版籍奉還

はんせきほうかん

return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor

藩医

はんい

Edo-period doctor working at a public clinic

藩王

はんおう

maharaja

藩王国

はんおうこく

native state (of pre-independence India)

藩学

はんがく

han school

藩侯

はんこう

feudal lord

藩校

はんこう

han school

藩札

はんさつ

paper money issued by a feudal domain

藩儒

はんじゅ

(Confucian) scholar retained by a feudal lord or daimyo

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

江戸時代には各地に藩が置かれていた。

During the Edo period, feudal domains were established in various regions.

その藩は米の生産で知られていた。

That domain was known for its rice production.

藩の中心には大きな城があった。

There was a large castle at the center of the daimyo domain.

彼の家は代々その藩に仕えてきた。

His family had served that domain for generations.

明治になると藩は廃止された。

When the Meiji era began, the domains were abolished.