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
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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)⁺
    • 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 (bǎibān diāonàn)
• 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)⁺
    • Pinyin: pán
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: p'an²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parn
    • 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)⁺
    • 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, 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

• 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); へん (hen)
• Kan’on: はん (han, Jōyō)
• Kan’yōon: はつ (hatsu); はん (han, Jōyō)

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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