般 (bān)
sort; kind; general (as in 一般)
How 般 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 舟 — boat
- Traditional
- 般
- Simplified
- 般 (unchanged)
Components
- 舟 boat
- 殳 weapon/lance
般 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- bān
- sort; kind; class; way
- pán
- see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]
Common words using 般
- 一般 yībān
- same; ordinary; so-so
- 這般 zhèbān
- like this; this way
- 一般性 yībānxìng
- general; in general terms; generalized
- 史詩般 shǐshībān
- epic
- 恁般 rènbān
- (old) this way; this much
- 百般 bǎibān
- in hundred and one ways; in every possible way; by every means
- 般若 bōrě
- Sanskrit prajña: wisdom; great wisdom; wondrous knowledge
- 般配 bānpèi
- to be well matched; to suit
- 萬般 wànbān
- every kind; manifold; extremely
- 萬般無奈 wànbānwúnài
- to have no way out; to have no alternative
- 諸般 zhūbān
- various; many different kinds of
般 in a sentence
一般來說，這裡的天氣很好。
Yībān láishuō, zhèlǐ de tiānqì hěn hǎo.
“Generally speaking, the weather here is nice.”
How common is 般?
般 is the 628th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 80.6% of all running text.
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