番地
ばんち · banchi · JLPT N2 · noun
number
🏠 番 = number, 地 = land: a numbered plot of land, so a house number = address
番 (ban) means a number in a sequence or a turn of duty. 地 (chi) means land or ground. Together they name a numbered plot, the house-number part of a Japanese address.
番 — 釆 (animal tracks) on top + 田 (field) below
Originally a pictograph showing animal paw prints (釆) in a field (田), depicting tracks left by beasts. The early meaning related to taking turns or sequences, as tracks come one after another. It later extended to 'foreign' or 'barbarian,' and is now used as a measure word for occurrences or to mean 'number/turn.'
地 — earth 土 + 也 (phonetic)
地 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left component 土 means 'earth' or 'soil' and gives the meaning, while 也 on the right hints at the pronunciation. Originally referring to the ground or land, it broadened to mean 'place,' 'region,' and 'territory.'