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| Stroke order (Japan) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
般 (Kangxi radical 137,舟+4, 10 strokes,cangjie input竹卜竹弓水 (HYHNE),four-corner27447,composition⿰舟殳)
| trad. | 般 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 般 | |
| alternative forms | 𦨗 | |
| Historical forms of the character般 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 舟(“boat”) + 殳(“rotate”).
| Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic shift of Etymology 2, via something like "rotate" > "turn (toward)" > "type, kind"? For a semantic parallel, compareEnglishtrope, fromAncient Greekτρόπος(trópos,“turn, way, manner”).” |
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 般 | 般 |
| Reading # | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) | 刪 (69) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | II |
| Fanqie | 北潘切 | 布還切 |
| Baxter | pan | paen |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /puɑn/ | /pˠan/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʷɑn/ | /pᵚan/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /puɑn/ | /pɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pwan/ | /paɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /puɑn/ | /pan/ |
| Wang Li | /puɑn/ | /pan/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /puɑn/ | /pan/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bān | bān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bun1 | baan1 |
般
FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*bran(“to convalesce, recover, return”). Cognate withBurmeseပြန်(pran,“to go back, return; to translate”) (STEDT).
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 般 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 薄官切 |
| Baxter | ban |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /buɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bwan/ |
| Li Rong | /buɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /buɑn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱuɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pun4 |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 般 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 241 |
| Phonetic component | 般 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 槃 |
| Old Chinese | /*baːn/ |
般
Transliteration of Indic loanwords; see their respective entries for more.
般
FromMiddle Chinese般 (MC pan) and般 (MC paen, “sort,kind,class”):
FromMiddle Chinese般 (MC ban, “rotate,goback and forth”):
Other readings:
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 般 |
| はん Grade: S |
| kan'on |
FromMiddle Chinese般 (MC ban|pan|paen).
般:Hán Nôm readings:ban,bàn,bơn,bát
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