般 — Chinese character
般
bān
sort, manner, kind, class
- Pinyin
- bān
- Radical
- 137 ⾈ (Boat)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 舟 殳
- Formation
- ideographic — Using a tool 殳 to sort items on a tray 舟
- Japanese
- 般 as a kanji
Common words with 般
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一般 | yī bān | same; ordinary |
| 一般来说 (一般來說) | yī bān lái shuō | generally speaking |
| 这般 (這般) | zhè bān | like this; this way |
| 一般而言 | yī bān ér yán | generally speaking |
| 百般 | bǎi bān | in hundred and one ways; in every possible way |
| 一般性 | yī bān xìng | general; generality |
| 般若 | bō rě | (Buddhism) wisdom; insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) |
| 一般见识 (一般見識) | yī bān jiàn shi | (idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level |
| 一般说来 (一般說來) | yī bān shuō lái | generally speaking; in general |
| 如此这般 (如此這般) | rú cǐ zhè bān | thus and so; such and such |
| 万般 (萬般) | wàn bān | every kind; manifold |
| 一般来讲 (一般來講) | yī bān lái jiǎng | generally speaking |
English words written with 般
般 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 3
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.