漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
班: squad, corps
Also: unit, group
JLPT N110 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
王 carries the meaning · 刂 is drawn in
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ハンhan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 班はんgroup, party, section
- 班長はんちょうsquad leader, group leader
- 二班にはんtwo groups, second group
- 取材班しゅざいはんteam of reporters
- 作業班さぎょうはんwork group
- 救護班きゅうごはんrelief squad, rescue party
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 斑点はんてんspeck, fleck
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)珏 pieces of jade + 刀 knife
To cut jade to pieces with knife. The pieces of jade appear as a more conservative version 玨.
Source: Wiktionary, 班 (rev. 93881739), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Jewel (王) + sword (刂) + Jewel (王). To take a large "jewel" and use a "sword" to split it into two equal "groups" or halves.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side班 squad · 刂
vs斑 spot · 文In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bān
Same form: 班 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 班 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 班 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bān 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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