Chinese Character 班 Meanings and components.

Form

班

Meaning

班 meaning[3] in English

Surname Ban.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 班 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Wang (王) , and 'knife' radical in … (刂)

Its radical[1] is: 玉 (yu4) which means: Jade, .玉yu4jade

In cangjie it is written with MGILG

How to write 班

To write班ban1surname Ban you should write a combination of 王wang2surname Wang , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 弼 shape:

王 + 刂 = 班

班 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

班
Pinyin:ban1 Shape:弼
Meaning[3]: Surname Ban
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

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

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

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