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Phonosemantic compound. 殳 represents the meaning and 凡 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "tray", now written as 盤/槃. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The original 凡 component was later corrupted to 舟 (boat).
Components
凡 ordinary+ 殳 weapon or tool =
般 sort
凡 Phonetic component
fán ordinary
variant of 凡[fán]
Pictograph of a tray. Later corrupted to 舟.
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殳 Meaning component
shū weapon or tool
name of old weapon
Depicts a hand holding a weapon or utensil.
Notes
Similar Characters
凤 phoenix (simp)帆 sail梵 Buddhist矾 alum (simp)釩 vanadium (trad)钒 vanadium (iii) (simp)風 wind (trad/jp)风 breeze (simp)鳳 male phoenix (trad)同 same旁 side歬 go forward佩 wear at the waist服 apparel役 service段 stage殷 ardent殸 stone chimes殹 echo殺 kill (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
般
Regular
Modern
Chinese
般 [bān]
sort; kind; class; way; manner
般 [pán]
see 般樂|般乐[pán​lè]
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (59)
一般 [yī​bān] #1,134
same
一般来说 [yī​bān​lái​shuō] #8,062
generally speaking
一般来说 [yī​bān​lái​shuō] #8,062
generally speaking
般配 [bān​pèi] #9,487
to be well matched
这般 [zhè​bān] #21,858
like this
这般 [zhè​bān] #21,858
like this
百般 [bǎi​bān] #24,085
in hundred and one ways
一般说来 [yī​bān​shuō​lái] #26,816
generally speaking
一般说来 [yī​bān​shuō​lái] #26,816
generally speaking
如此这般 [rú​cǐ​zhè​bān] #23,793
thus and so
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JAPANESE WORDS (136)
⭐ 一般 [いっぱん] #2,593
general
⭐ 一般的 [いっぱんてき] #2,870
general
⭐ 一般人 [いっぱんじん] #5,406
ordinary person
⭐ 全般 [ぜんぱん] #8,103
(the) whole
一般市民 [いっぱんしみん] #15,568
ordinary citizen
世間一般 [せけんいっぱん] #17,860
the world in general
一般論 [いっぱんろん] #22,637
prevailing view
一般常識 [いっぱんじょうしき] #28,464
common sense
般若 [はんにゃ] #31,064
prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment)
一般客 [いっぱんきゃく] #35,906
regular customer
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KOREAN WORDS (11)
일반 #5,745
the same; one and the same
만반
being fully ready
일반론
general theory; generality; generalization
일반석
standard seat
일반성
generality
일반인
layperson; ordinary person; commoner
일반적
being general; being popular; being universal
일반화
generalization; popularization
전반
whole
전반적
whole
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