Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

伴: consort, accompany

Also: bring with, companion

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

亻 carries the meaning · 半 gives the sound

7 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ハンhan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 同伴どうはんaccompanying; being accompanied by

バンban · on'yomi

  • 伴奏ばんそうaccompaniment
  • 伴走ばんそうrunning alongside; pacesetting; accompanying

ともなうtomonau · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 伴うともなうto accompany; to go hand in hand with
  • に伴いにともないalong with; in line with; following

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 伴ともcompanion; follower; attendant

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
More in the 亻 person story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亻

Also built on person (亻)

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半

Also built on half (半)

伴 takes the 半 family's reading, ハン (han).

Also read ハン

26 kanji share this on'yomiAll 26

Also read バン

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
伴 consort · 亻
vs判 judgement · 刂
伴 has 亻 where 判 has 刂.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bàn

Same form: 伴 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
伴 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
伴 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bàn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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