単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Kanji compounds#11,580 most used

交番

こうばん0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

police box

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

I lost my wallet while traveling, but I was really lucky, and a good person left it at a police station.

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MEANINGS

1

police box; koban; small neighborhood police station

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

2

alternation

noun

3

alternating (current, stress, etc.)

before a noun

SOUNDS THE SAME

鋼板steel sheet; steel plateこうばん · not in tangoya
降板leaving the moundこうばん · not in tangoya
香盤incense tray; incense burnerこうばん

DETAILS

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#11,580 most used

Written交番 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium