Chinese symbol for “squad”
班
bān
team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
The closest CC-CEDICT match for squad is 班 (bān), defined as: team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character 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)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “squad”.
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.