| 1723 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 908 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3122 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1290 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1557 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2399 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1098 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1149 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1313 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1375 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3533 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1824 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2481 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1890 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 23036 | Morohashi |
| 2851 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3902 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1872 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2017 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1783 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
tray, shallow bowl, platter, tub, board, phonograph record
- On:
- バン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
881 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 盤 【バン】 board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.), (phonograph) record, disc, disk, board, panel, plate
- 盤谷 【バンコク】 Bangkok (Thailand)
- 地盤 【ジバン】 ground, crust (earth), bed (gravel, river, etc.), foundation (building, etc.), base, constituency, power base, support (electoral), footing, foothold
- 中盤 【チュウバン】 middle stage, middle phase, middle game, midpoint, midfield (in soccer)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ち、 わ
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- plato grande
- bandeja
- tablero
Portuguese
- bandeija
- taça rasa
- tijela
- galão
- tábua p/ mesa
- disco (fon.)
French
- plateau
- bol creux
- plat
- bassin
- échiquier (Go)
- disque (musique)
| 874 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5h10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-10-5 | SKIP code |
| 2710.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 76e4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
620 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 根 【コン】 stick-to-itiveness, perseverance, persistence, radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily), root, indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
- 根幹 【コンカン】 foundation, root, basis, core, fundamentals, root and trunk
- 事実無根 【ジジツムコン】 groundless, entirely contrary to fact
- 球根 【キュウコン】 (plant) bulb
Kun reading compounds
- 根 【ね】 root (of a plant), root (of a tooth, hair, etc.), center (of a pimple, etc.), root (of all evil, etc.), source, origin, cause, basis, one's true nature, (fishing) reef
- 根ざす 【ねざす】 to come from, to have roots in
- 島根 【しまね】 Shimane (prefecture), island country
- 尾根 【おね】 (mountain) ridge
Readings
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
- raíz matemática
- perseverancia
- raíz
Portuguese
- raiz
- radical
- verruga
French
- racine
- radical
- point noir (acné)
| 216 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 298 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 282 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 535 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2261 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 425 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 632 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1372 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 314 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 314 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 974 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1092 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1167 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 631 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 841 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1473 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14745 | Morohashi |
| 930 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2670 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1461 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1571 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 390 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 355 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1865 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 4793.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6839 | Unicode hex code |