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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

班 bān
class, squad, team, work shift
radical 96 ⽟ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 班.

WordPinyinMeaning
上班shàng bānto go to work; to be on duty
航班háng bān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
下班xià bānto finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
加班jiā bānto work overtime
班级 (班級)bān jíclass (group of students); grade (in school)
班机 (班機)bān jīairliner; (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.

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