班 — Chinese character
班
bān
class, squad, team, work shift
- Pinyin
- bān
- Radical
- 96 ⽟ (Jade)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 王 刂 王
- Formation
- ideographic — Cutting 刂 a piece of jade 王 in two, symbolizing two classes
- Japanese
- 班 as a kanji
Common words with 班
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上班 | shàng bān | to go to work; to be on duty |
| 航班 | háng bān | (scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing |
| 下班 | xià bān | to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc) |
| 加班 | jiā bān | to work overtime |
| 班级 (班級) | bān jí | class (group of students); grade (in school) |
| 班机 (班機) | bān jī | airliner; (regular) flight (CL:趟 (tàng),次 (cì),班 (bān)) |
| 班主任 | bān zhǔ rèn | teacher in charge of a class |
| 培训班 (培訓班) | péi xùn bān | training class |
| 班长 (班長) | bān zhǎng | class monitor; squad leader |
| 值班 | zhí bān | to work a shift; on duty |
| 班子 | bān zi | organized group; theatrical troupe |
| 班上 | bān shàng | (in the) class |
English words written with 班
班 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 3 · Mencius 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.