漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
般: carrier, carry
Also: all, general, sort, kind
JLPT N210 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
舟 carries the meaning · 殳 is drawn in
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ハンhan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 諸般しょはんcircumstances
- 一般的ないっぱんてきなcommon, usual, average
- 全般的なぜんぱんてきなgeneral [adj.]
- 一般いっぱんgeneral; universal
- 全般ぜんぱん(the) whole
- 一般的いっぱんてき
- 一般にいっぱんにgenerally; in general; widely
- 一般人いっぱんじんordinary person
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
The proto-form of 盤 + 攴. The proto-form of 盤 was later corrupted into 舟, and 攴 evolved into 殳.
Source: Wiktionary, 般 (rev. 94584436), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Boat (舟) + action (殳). It originally referred to a boat being turned or maneuvered, eventually evolving to mean "a turn" or "a general type/sort."”
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般 carrier · 殳
vs航 navigate · 亢In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bān
Same form: 般 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 般 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 般 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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