Chinese symbol for “sort”
般
bān
sort; kind; class; way
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sort is 般 (bān), defined as: sort; kind; class; way; manner.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sort”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 排序 | pái xù | to sort; to arrange in order |
| 路 | lù | road (条 (tiáo)); journey |
| 分拣 (分揀) | fēn jiǎn | to sort (mail) |
| 种类 (種類) | zhǒng lèi | kind; genus |
| 番 | fān | (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sort”.
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.