# 板 plank

木 (tree) + 反 (anti)
★★☆☆☆
8 strokes

## Onyomi

BAN |

## Mnemonic

| The tree is against being cut down and made into a fucking plank. In fact it wants you to sign this petition BANning the practice altogether. But the petition is made from the paper of an endangered redwood, you say! . . . Fuck!!!

## Kunyomi

いた | a board, blackboard, etc. ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

看板(かんばん) | store sign ★★★☆☆ 看 (observe/guard) + 板 (plank) = 看板 (store sign) store sign, signboard, billboard

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
板 | plank | WOOD | 木
仮 | provisional | PERSON | 人
坂 | slope | EARTH | 土

The board is made of WOOD
The PERSON is provisionally good (before xmas).

The EARTH has slopes called hills.