般

Translingual

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bān (ban¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹, bun¹

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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: bo¹, bun¹
    • Yale: bō, būn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹, bun¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵/, /puːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /buɑn/, /puɑn/, /pˠan/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːn/, /*paːn/, /*baːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	般	般	般
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	227	231	241
Phonetic component	般	般	般
Rime group	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	班	𤳖	槃
Old Chinese	/*praːn/	/*paːn/	/*baːn/

Definitions

般

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Japanese

Kanji

般

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. everything, all
2. general

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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