般

般 U+822C, 般 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-822C ← 舫 [U+822B] CJK Unified Ideographs 舭 → [U+822D]

Translingual

Han character

般 (radical 137 舟+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜竹弓水 (HYHNE), four-corner 2744₇, composition ⿰舟殳)

1. sort, manner, kind, category

Derived characters

• 槃, 盤, 磐, 螌, 媻, 𪒀, 瘢, 𥈼, 鞶, 幋, 䰉, 搫

References

• KangXi: page 1009, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30388
• Dae Jaweon: page 1467, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3057, character 8
• Unihan data for U+822C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		般

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 般
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bamboo and silk script	Large seal script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (般) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
螌	*praːn
般	*praːn, *paːn, *baːn
媻	*baːl, *baːn
搫	*baːl, *baːn
搬	*paːn
盤	*baːn
磐	*baːn
瘢	*baːn
幋	*baːn
槃	*baːn
縏	*baːn
鎜	*baːn
鞶	*baːn

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 舟 (“boat”) + 殳 (“rotate”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bān (ban¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun¹
• Min Dong (BUC): băng / buăng
• Min Nan (POJ): poaⁿ / pan / poan
• Wu (Wiktionary): pe (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: pan¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ban
    • IPA ^(key): /pa̠n⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun¹
    • Yale: būn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun¹
    • IPA ^(key): /puːn⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: băng / buăng
    • IPA ^(key): /paŋ⁵⁵/, /puaŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poaⁿ / pan / poan
    • Tâi-lô: puann / pan / puan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoaf, pafn, poafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã⁴⁴/, /pan⁴⁴/, /puan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã³³/, /pan³³/, /puan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã⁴⁴/, /pan⁴⁴/, /puan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /puã⁴⁴/, /pan⁴⁴/, /puan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã⁴⁴/, /pan⁴⁴/, /puan⁴⁴/

Note:

• poaⁿ - vernacular;
• pan, poan - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: pe (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /pe̞⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /puɑn/, /pˠan/▼

Rime
Character	般	般
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	北潘切	布還切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puɑn/	/pˠan/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɑn/	/pᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑn/	/pɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwan/	/paɨn/
Li Rong	/puɑn/	/pan/
Wang Li	/puɑn/	/pan/
Bernard Karlgren	/puɑn/	/pan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bān	bān

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːn/, /*paːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	般	般
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	227	231
Phonetic component	般	般
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	班	𤳖
Old Chinese	/*praːn/	/*paːn/

Definitions

般

1. sort; kind; class
2. like; similar to

   兄弟般的感情  ―  xiōngdì bān de gǎnqíng  ―  brotherly affection

3. Alternative form of 搬 (bān, “to move”).
4. A surname​.

Compounds

• 一般 (yībān)
• 一般性 (yībānxìng)
• 一般法
• 一般無二／一般无二
• 一般而言 (yībān'éryán)
• 一般見識／一般见识
• 三般兩樣／三般两样
• 依般
• 全般 (quánbān)
• 兩樣三般／两样三般
• 八般大禮／八般大礼
• 千般
• 千般萬樣／千般万样

• 另般
• 多般
• 如此這般／如此这般
• 幾般／几般
• 恁般
• 百般 (bǎibān)
• 百般刁難／百般刁难
• 百般忙亂／百般忙乱
• 百般恩愛／百般恩爱
• 百般解說／百般解说
• 般倕
• 般師／般师
• 般弄

• 般般
• 般調／般调
• 般配 (bānpèi)
• 萬般／万般 (wànbān)
• 諸般／诸般 (zhūbān)
• 這般／这般 (zhèbān)
• 這般如此／这般如此
• 這般說來／这般说来
• 這般這般／这般这般
• 那般
• 銀鈴般／银铃般
• 魯般／鲁般
• 魯般尺／鲁般尺

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pán (pan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pán
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: p'an²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: panr
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰa̠n³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pun⁴
    • Yale: pùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰuːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /buɑn/▼

Rime
Character	般
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄官切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwan/
Li Rong	/buɑn/
Wang Li	/buɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pán

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	般
Reading #	3/3
No.	241
Phonetic component	般
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	槃
Old Chinese	/*baːn/

Definitions

般

1. ^† to rotate
2. ^† to go back and forth; to linger
3. ^† joyful; amused
4. ^† large

Compounds

• 般桓
• 般樂／般乐

• 般涉調／般涉调
• 般礴

• 般舟三昧
• 面般

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bō (bo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹, but³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pat
• Min Dong (BUC): pŏ̤
• Min Nan (POJ): poa̍t / pat
• Wu (Wiktionary): peq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
    • Wade-Giles: po¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
    • IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹, but³
    • Yale: bō, but
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹, but⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹, bud³
    • IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵/, /puːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵
    • IPA: /pat̚²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pŏ̤
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰo⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poat
    • IPA (Taipei): /puat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puat̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat
    • Tâi-lô: pat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pad
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: peq (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /pəʔ⁵⁵/

Definitions

般

1. Only used in 般若 (bōrě).

Compounds

• 大品般若
• 般若 (bōrě)

• 般若湯／般若汤

• 般若經／般若经

References

• (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

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Japanese

Kanji

般

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. sort, kind, class

Readings

• Goon: ばん (ban) (non-Jōyō reading), へん (hen) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: はん (han)
• Kan’yōon: はつ (hatsu) (non-Jōyō reading), はん (han)

Compounds

Compounds

• 般若
• 一般
• 全般

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Korean

Hanja

般 • (ban) (hangeul 반, revised ban, McCune-Reischauer pan, Yale pan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

般 (ban, bàn, bơn, bát)

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