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班

班 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （ハン）仕事や行動を共にするため分けられたグループ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。玉（ギョク）を刀で切り分けるさまを象る。「わける」を意味する漢語｛班｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

squad, corps, unit, group

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ハンElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音ban1
  • 한글ban
  • Hán-ViệtBan

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Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
玉(たま)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+73ED

Components

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Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿴玨𬼀

Words using this kanji

  • 班長はんちょう班の長。squad leader, group leader, team leader
  • 班はん（ハン）仕事や行動を共にするため分けられたグループ。group, party, team, squad
  • 班員はんいん班を構成するメンバー。member of a group
  • 班次はんじranking, precedence
  • 班田はんでん田令の下、班給された口分田。また、それを与えること。farmland allotment
  • 班女はんじょHanjo (noh play by Zeami)
  • 班分けはんわけdividing into groups (of people)
  • 班女が閨はんじょがねやbedroom of a forsaken woman
  • 班田収授法はんでんしゅうじゅのほうallotment of rice paddies for cultivation during the cultivator's lifetime (ritsuryō system)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-6
Four Corner
1111.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4f6.3
Heisig
1315
Nelson
2935