板 — board, plank, plate
いた
板
board
Grade 3
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
8 strokes
U+677F
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #926
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #725
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- board
- plank
- plate
word
いた ita Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
はん ・ばん han On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Components
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 木 (tree/wood) gives the meaning. 反 (han/ban) provides the sound. A board or plank.