Chinese Character 般 Meanings and components.

Form

般

Meaning

般 meaning[3] in English

Sort.

Kind.

Class.

View more meanings of 般 in English

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 般 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are boat (舟) , and surname Shu (殳)

Its radical[1] is: 舟 (zhou1) which means: Boat, .舟zhou1boat

In cangjie it is written with HYHNE

How to write 般

To write般ban1sort you should write a combination of 舟zhou1boat , 殳shu1surname Shu arranged in a 吅 shape:

舟 + 殳 = 般

般 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 般in English or Chinese