Chinese

搬

bān
to move; to shift the position of; to transport (something large)
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 3
  • radical 手
  • 13 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *paːn): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 般 (OC *praːn, *paːn, *baːn).

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
  • soundChinese般 “sort; kind; class”

Words built on it: 搬家

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