110番

Japanese

Kanji in this term
番
ばん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

110(ひゃくとお)番(ばん) • (hyakutō-ban) 

1. emergency telephone number 110 to call the police in Japan

Usage notes

This pronunciation is irregular as it uses とお (tō) for “ten”. In other contexts, number 110 is ひゃくじゅうばん (hyakujū-ban).