Japanese Word Entry

119番
Kana:ひゃくじゅうきゅうばん
Romaji:hyakujuukyuuban
Definition: 119 (ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number in Japan)
Alternative form:
  • 一一九番 【 ひゃくじゅうきゅうばん (hyakujuukyuuban) 】


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Chinese characters used in this word

turn, number in a series, to take turns, a turn, a time, to repeat
Readings
Mandarin: ㄈㄢ (fān), ㄆㄢ (pān), ㄈㄢˊ (fán), ㄅㄛ (bō), ㄆㄛˊ (pó), ㄆㄢˊ (pán), ㄆㄢˋ (pàn), ㄆㄧˊ (pí)
Cantonese: faan1
Japanese: バン (ban)、 ハン (han) / つが.い (tsugai)、 つがう (tsugau)、 つがえる (tsugaeru)
Korean: 번 (beon), 반 (ban)
Vietnamese: phiên, phan, ba, bà, dẻo, phen
Variants
Semantic variant form:

one, one radical (no.1), a, an, alone
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧ (yī)
Cantonese: jat1
Japanese: イチ (ichi)、 イツ (itsu) / ひと- (hito-)、 ひと.つ (hitotsu)、 ひとたび (hitotabi)、 はじめ (hajime)
Korean: 일 (il)
Vietnamese: nhất
Variants
Semantic variant forms:

nine
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ (jiǔ), ㄐㄧㄡ (jiū)
Cantonese: gau2
Japanese: キュウ (kyuu)、 ク (ku) / ここの (kokono)、 ここの.つ (kokonotsu)
Korean: 구 (gu), 규 (gyu)
Vietnamese: cửu, cưu
Variants
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