Chinese Character 搬 Meanings and components.

Form

搬

Meaning

搬 meaning[3] in English

To Move (I.E. Relocate Oneself).

To Move (Sth Relatively Heavy Or Bulky).

To Shift.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 搬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and sort (般)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QHYE

How to write 搬

To write搬ban1to move … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 般ban1sort arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 般 = 搬

搬 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 搬 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 搬, looks as follow:

搬
Pinyin:ban1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Move (I.E. Relocate Oneself) . To Move (Sth Relatively Heavy Or Bulky) . To Shift . To Copy Indiscriminately
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
般
Pinyin:ban1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sort . Kind . Class . Way . Manner
舟
Pinyin:zhou1
Meaning[3]: Boat
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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