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班 (Kangxi radical 96,玉+6, 10 strokes,cangjie input一土戈中土 (MGILG),four-corner1111₄,composition⿲𤣩刂王 or⿴玨刂)

• 㿀𠺚𢲔𣗝𨫄𩺡𩔮𪄕(𪉒)𦶾𠞢𪱟𬂇𭨞𮚽

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 731, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20976
• Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1113, character 3
• Unihan data for U+73ED

Historical forms of the character班
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 珏(“pieces of jade”) + 刀(“knife”) – to cut jade to pieces with knife. The pieces of jade appear as a more conservative version玨. The knife in the middle is well visibile in the conservative variant𤤻. Unrelated to师.

FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*(b/p)ral(“to leave, depart, separate”) (STEDT). Cognate withTibetanབྲལ་བ(bral ba,“to be separated”),འཕྲལ་བ('phral ba,“to cause to be separated, to separate”),Mijuphɑ̆l⁵³(“to pull (weeds)”),phɹɯl⁵⁵ lɑ³⁵(“to collapse”),Thulungphal si-(“to collapse”),Burmeseပြား(pra:,“various”),Jingphopə³¹-ran³¹.

Karlgren (1933) grouped班 (OC*praːn),半 (OC*paːns), and釆 (OC*brens) into one word family.

Schuessler (2007) also pointed to Austroasiatic comparanda semantically closer to Chinese; such asKhmerរាល(riəl,“to spread, extend, distribute”) andKhmerព្រាល(priəl,“to spread”) with causative prefix *p-.

Possibly the same etymon as斑 (OC*praːn, “variegated, spotted, striped”), which may be cognate to羆 (OC*pral, “brown bear”) (Zhang, 2019).

班

1. group;party;class

   培訓班／培训班  ― péixùnbān  ―  training course

   你邊班㗎？／你边班㗎？[Cantonese]  ― nei⁵ bin¹baan¹ gaa³?[Jyutping]  ―  Whichclass are you in?

   我們班有三十個同學。[MSC,trad.]
   我们班有三十个同学。[MSC,simp.]

   Wǒmenbān yǒu sānshí ge tóngxué.[Pinyin]

   There are thirty students in ourclass.

2. (military)squad
3. shift;work shift

   上班  ― shàngbān  ―  to go to work

   晚班  ― wǎnbān  ―  night shift

4. (dated)operatroupe

   徽班  ― Huībān  ―  Anhuitroupe

   班本  ― bānběn  ― opera script

5. (literary) todivide; todistribute

   • 既葬，子碩欲以賻布之餘具祭器。子柳曰：「不可，吾聞之也：君子不家於喪。請班諸兄弟之貧者。」[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     既葬，子硕欲以赙布之余具祭器。子柳曰：「不可，吾闻之也：君子不家于丧。请班诸兄弟之贫者。」[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From: TheBook of Rites,c. 4^th – 2^nd centuryBCE

     Jì zàng, Zǐshuò yù yǐ fùbù zhī yú jù jìqì. Zǐliǔ yuē: “Bùkě, wú wén zhī yě: jūnzǐ bù jiā yú sàng. Qǐngbān zhū xiōngdì zhī pín zhě.”[Pinyin]

     After the burial, Zi-shi wished to take what remained of the money and other things contributed towards their expenses, to provide sacrificial vessels; but Zi-liu said, 'Neither can that be done. I have heard that a superior man will not enrich his family by means of his mourning. Let usdistribute it among the poor of our brethren.'

   • 晉侯執曹伯，班其所取侵地于諸侯也。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     晋侯执曹伯，班其所取侵地于诸侯也。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Commentary of Gongyang,c. 206BCE– 9CE

     Jìn hóu zhí Cáo bó,bān qí suǒ qǔ qīn dì yú zhūhóu yě.[Pinyin]

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6. (literary) tospread out

   • 伍舉奔鄭，將遂奔晉，聲子將如晉，遇之於鄭郊，班荊相與食，而言復故。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     伍举奔郑，将遂奔晋，声子将如晋，遇之于郑郊，班荆相与食，而言复故。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Commentary of Zuo,c. 4^th centuryBCE

     Wǔ Jǔ bēn Zhèng, jiāng suì bēn Jìn, Shēngzǐ jiāng rú Jìn, yù zhī yú Zhèng jiāo,bān jīng xiāngyǔ shí, ér yán fù gù.[Pinyin]

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7. (literary) torank; toarrange

   • 周室班爵祿也，如之何？[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     周室班爵禄也，如之何？[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Mencius,c. 4^th centuryBCE

     Zhōu shìbān juélù yě, rúzhīhé?[Pinyin]

     What was the arrangement of dignities and emoluments determined by the House of Zhou?

8. (literary)rank;grade

   • 然後百辟乃入，司儀辨等，尊卑以班。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     然后百辟乃入，司仪辨等，尊卑以班。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From: 1st–2nd century,Zhang Heng,東京賦

     Ránhòu bǎibì nǎi rù, sīyí biàn děng, zūnbēi yǐbān.[Pinyin]

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9. (literary)equal; in the samerank

   • 伯夷、伊尹於孔子，若是班乎？[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     伯夷、伊尹于孔子，若是班乎？[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Mencius,c. 4^th centuryBCE

     Bóyí, Yīyǐn yú Kǒngzǐ, ruòshìbān hū?[Pinyin]

     Comparing Bo Yi and Yi Yin with Confucius, are they to be placed in the same rank?

10. (alt. form頒／颁)(literary) topromulgate; toissue

    • 是月也，天子乃教於田獵，以習五戎，班馬政。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
      是月也，天子乃教于田猎，以习五戎，班马政。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

      From: TheBook of Rites,c. 4^th – 2^nd centuryBCE

      Shì yuè yě, tiānzǐ nǎi jiào yú tiánliè, yǐ xí wǔróng,bān mǎzhèng.[Pinyin]

      In this month the son of Heaven, by means of hunting, teaches how to use the five weapons of war, and the rules for the management of horses.

11. Classifier for agroup ofpeople.

    有班中學生喺球場度打緊波。[Cantonese,trad.]
    有班中学生喺球场度打紧波。[Cantonese,simp.]

    jau⁵baan¹ zung¹ hok⁶ saang¹ hai² kau⁴ coeng⁴ dou⁶ daa² gan² bo¹.[Jyutping]

    A group of secondary school students are playing ball games in the playground.

    • 可是一班別有心腸的人們，便竭力來阻遏它，要使孩子的世界中，沒有一絲樂趣。[MSC,trad.]
      可是一班别有心肠的人们，便竭力来阻遏它，要使孩子的世界中，没有一丝乐趣。[MSC,simp.]

      From:1928,Lu Xun,二十四孝圖

      Kěshì yībān bié yǒu xīncháng de rénmen, biàn jiélì lái zǔ'è tā, yào shǐ háizǐ de shìjiè zhōng, méiyǒu yī sī lèqù.[Pinyin]

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    • 1997, “遊戲”, in黃貫中 (lyrics),請將手放開, performed byBEYOND [Beyond]:

      跟班friend hea到天光[Literary Cantonese]  ― gan¹baan¹ fen¹ he³ dou³ tin¹ gwong¹[Jyutping]  ― hanging with friends until dawn

12. Classifier forscheduled forms oftransportation, such asflights andtrains.

    下一班車什麼時候到？[MSC,trad.]
    下一班车什么时候到？[MSC,simp.]

    Xià yībān chē shénme shíhou dào?[Pinyin]

    What time is the next bus?

13. (in compounds, of transport)regular;scheduled

    班船  ― bānchuán  ― scheduled ferry

14. (Cantonese)Classifier forclasses.

    我哋一級有五班。[Cantonese,trad.]
    我哋一级有五班。[Cantonese,simp.]

    ngo⁵ dei⁶ jat¹ kap¹ jau⁵ ng⁵baan¹.[Jyutping]

    We have fiveclasses in each year.

15. (Cantonese, figurative)league;rank;level;ability;competence

    夠班／够班[Cantonese]  ― gau³baan¹[Jyutping]  ―  to be qualified (literally, “to have enoughcompetence”)

    高班[Cantonese]  ― gou¹baan¹[Jyutping]  ―  of highcompetence

    佢嘅能力同其他人比仲係爭幾班。[Cantonese,trad.]
    佢嘅能力同其他人比仲系争几班。[Cantonese,simp.]

    keoi⁵ ge³ nang⁴ lik⁶ tung⁴ kei⁴ taa¹ jan⁴ bei² zung⁶ hai⁶ zaang¹ gei²baan¹.[Jyutping]

    His ability is still severalleagues behind others.

16. (Cantonese) togather; toassemble

    班馬／班马[Cantonese]  ― baan¹ maa⁵[Jyutping]  ―  togather subordinates

17. (literary) towithdraw

    班師／班师  ― bānshī  ―  to withdraw troops

18. alternative form of斑(bān,“spotted;striped”)
19. asurname

    班固  ― Bān Gù  ― Ban Gu (historian)

• (military): Under theNational Revolutionary Army, aplatoon (排) was composed of three squads. With theinfantry, theinfantry squad would be composed of 14soldiers, of 10riflemen, and onelight machine gun unit.

• “班”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02566
• 李如龙[Li, Ru-long];刘福铸[Liu, Fu-zhu];吴华英[Wu, Hua-ying];黄国城[Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “班”, in莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min),Xiamen University Press,→ISBN, page211.

Shinjitai	班
Kyūjitai [1]	班󠄁 班+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	班󠄃 班+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. group,party,section

• Go-on:へん(hen)
• Kan-on:はん(han,Jōyō)
• Kun:かえす(kaesu,班す)、しく(shiku,班く)、わかつ(wakatsu,班つ)、わける(wakeru,班ける)
• Nanori:つら(tsura)、なか(naka)、ひとし(hitoshi)

• (Tokyo)はん[háꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ɴ]

班(はん)• (-han) 

1. group, party
2. (military)section

班 (eumhun나눌반(nanul ban))

1. hanja form^? of반(“group;class”)

班 (ban)

1. Nôm form ofban(“well-developed”).

   姪姪如𱜢𫇥曾班

   Chỏi chỏi như nậu boóc dằngban

   Colorful like flowers that have not yetbloomed

• Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor,Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[2] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

班:Hán Nôm readings:ban,băn

班chữ Hán form ofban(“see below for definitions”)

1. (historical)branch ofadministration in thefeudalcourt (of which there are two types: theciviladministrators and themartialofficeholders)
2. group (ofpeople doing the samework);band;board;squad;committee
3. shift;workperiod
4. (only in compounds)timeperiod;section of theday
5. (dated) (college-level)subject; (academic)department

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