Chinese symbol for “register”
版
bǎn
a register; block of printing; edition; version
The closest CC-CEDICT match for register is 版 (bǎn), defined as: a register; block of printing; edition; version; page.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “register”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 注册 (註冊) | zhù cè | to register; to enroll |
| 登记 (登記) | dēng jì | to register (one's name) |
| 登录 (登錄) | dēng lù | to register; to log in |
| 立案 | lì àn | to register (to an official organism); to file a case (for investigation) |
| 挂号 (掛號) | guà hào | to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 版.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 版本 | bǎn běn | version; edition |
| 出版 | chū bǎn | to publish |
| 版权 (版權) | bǎn quán | copyright |
| 出版社 | chū bǎn shè | publishing house |
| 新版 | xīn bǎn | new edition; new version |
| 盗版 (盜版) | dào bǎn | pirated; illegal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “register”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.