こう
交
ばん
番

noun

  1. police box, koban, small neighborhood police station.

noun, takes する

  1. alternation.

noun or verb acting predominately

Physics terminology.
  1. alternating (current, stress, etc.).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
こう
交
ばん
番
 交番 こうばん ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mingle, mixing, association
コウ　-か.う　まじ.わる (2nd, N3)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
father
ちち　フ (2nd, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
turn, number in a series
バン　つが.い　は (2nd, N3)
separate, divide, topped rice radical (no. 165)
ハン　ベン　サイ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ　こめ　マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)