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般

bān

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

bān · bun1 (Jyutping)

  1. sort
  2. kind
  3. class
  4. way
  5. manner

bō

  1. used in 般若[bo1 re3]

pán

  1. see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]

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Character breakdown

般

Meaning
sort, manner, kind, category
Radical
舟
Strokes
10
Components
⿰舟殳
Cangjie
HYHNE
Four-corner
2744.7

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