班

班 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土戈中土 (MGILG), four-corner 1111₄, composition ⿲𤣩刂王 or ⿴玨刂)

• 㿀 𠺚 𢲔 𣗝 𨫄 𩺡 𩔮 𪄕(𪉒) 𦶾 𠞢 𪱟 𬂇 𭨞 𮚽

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 731, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20976
• Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1113, character 3
• Unihan data for U+73ED

Historical forms of the character 班
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 玨 (“two jade”) + 刀 (“knife”) – to cut jade to pieces with knife.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(b/p)ral (“to leave, depart, separate”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan བྲལ་བ (bral ba, “to be separated”), འཕྲལ་བ ('phral ba, “to cause to be separated, to separate”), Miju phɑ̆l⁵³ (“to pull (weeds)”), phɹɯl⁵⁵ lɑ³⁵ (“to collapse”), Thulung phal si- (“to collapse”), Burmese ပြား (pra:, “various”), Jingpho pə³¹-ran³¹.

Karlgren (1933) grouped 班 (OC *praːn), 半 (OC *paːns), and 釆 (OC *brens) into one word family.

Schuessler (2007) also pointed to Austroasiatic comparanda semantically closer to Chinese; such as Khmer រាល (riəl, “to spread, extend, distribute”) and Khmer ព្រាល (priəl, “to spread”) with causative prefix *p-.

Possibly the same etymon as 斑 (OC *praːn, “variegated, spotted, striped”), which may be cognate to 羆 (OC *pral, “brown bear”) (Zhang, 2019).

班

1. group; party; class

   培訓班／培训班  ―  péixùnbān  ―  training course

   你邊班㗎？／你边班㗎？ [Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ bin¹ baan¹ gaa³? [Jyutping]  ―  Which class are you in?

   我們班有三十個同學。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们班有三十个同学。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen bān yǒu sānshí ge tóngxué. [Pinyin]

   There are thirty students in our class.

2. (military) squad
3. shift; work shift

   上班  ―  shàngbān  ―  to go to work

   晚班  ―  wǎnbān  ―  night shift

4. (dated) opera troupe

   徽班  ―  Huī bān  ―  Anhui troupe

   班本  ―  bānběn  ―  opera script

5. (literary) to divide; to distribute

   • 既葬，子碩欲以賻布之餘具祭器。子柳曰：「不可，吾聞之也：君子不家於喪。請班諸兄弟之貧者。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     既葬，子硕欲以赙布之余具祭器。子柳曰：「不可，吾闻之也：君子不家于丧。请班诸兄弟之贫者。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Jì zàng, Zǐshuò yù yǐ fùbù zhī yú jù jìqì. Zǐliǔ yuē: “Bùkě, wú wén zhī yě: jūnzǐ bù jiā yú sàng. Qǐng bān zhū xiōngdì zhī pín zhě.” [Pinyin]

     After the burial, Zi-shi wished to take what remained of the money and other things contributed towards their expenses, to provide sacrificial vessels; but Zi-liu said, 'Neither can that be done. I have heard that a superior man will not enrich his family by means of his mourning. Let us distribute it among the poor of our brethren.'

   • 晉侯執曹伯，班其所取侵地于諸侯也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     晋侯执曹伯，班其所取侵地于诸侯也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Gongyang, c. 206 BCE– 9 CE

     Jìn hóu zhí Cáo bó, bān qí suǒ qǔ qīn dì yú zhūhóu yě. [Pinyin]

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6. (literary) to spread out

   • 伍舉奔鄭，將遂奔晉，聲子將如晉，遇之於鄭郊，班荊相與食，而言復故。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     伍举奔郑，将遂奔晋，声子将如晋，遇之于郑郊，班荆相与食，而言复故。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wǔ Jǔ bēn Zhèng, jiāng suì bēn Jìn, Shēngzǐ jiāng rú Jìn, yù zhī yú Zhèng jiāo, bān jīng xiāngyǔ shí, ér yán fù gù. [Pinyin]

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7. (literary) to rank; to arrange

   • 周室班爵祿也，如之何？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     周室班爵禄也，如之何？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Zhōu shì bān juélù yě, rúzhīhé? [Pinyin]

     What was the arrangement of dignities and emoluments determined by the House of Zhou?

8. (literary) rank; grade

   • 然後百辟乃入，司儀辨等，尊卑以班。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     然后百辟乃入，司仪辨等，尊卑以班。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1st–2nd century, Zhang Heng, 東京賦

     Ránhòu bǎibì nǎi rù, sīyí biàn děng, zūnbēi yǐ bān. [Pinyin]

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9. (literary) equal; in the same rank

   • 伯夷、伊尹於孔子，若是班乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     伯夷、伊尹于孔子，若是班乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Bóyí, Yīyǐn yú Kǒngzǐ, ruòshì bān hū? [Pinyin]

     Comparing Bo Yi and Yi Yin with Confucius, are they to be placed in the same rank?

10. (alt. form 頒／颁) (literary) to promulgate; to issue

    • 是月也，天子乃教於田獵，以習五戎，班馬政。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      是月也，天子乃教于田猎，以习五戎，班马政。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

      Shì yuè yě, tiānzǐ nǎi jiào yú tiánliè, yǐ xí wǔróng, bān mǎzhèng. [Pinyin]

      In this month the son of Heaven, by means of hunting, teaches how to use the five weapons of war, and the rules for the management of horses.

11. Classifier for a group of people.

    有班中學生喺球場度打緊波。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    有班中学生喺球场度打紧波。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    jau⁵ baan¹ zung¹ hok⁶ saang¹ hai² kau⁴ coeng⁴ dou⁶ daa² gan² bo¹. [Jyutping]

    A group of secondary school students are playing ball games in the playground.

    • 可是一班別有心腸的人們，便竭力來阻遏它，要使孩子的世界中，沒有一絲樂趣。 [MSC, trad.]
      可是一班别有心肠的人们，便竭力来阻遏它，要使孩子的世界中，没有一丝乐趣。 [MSC, simp.]

      From: 1928, Lu Xun, 二十四孝圖

      Kěshì yī bān bié yǒu xīncháng de rénmen, biàn jiélì lái zǔ'è tā, yào shǐ háizǐ de shìjiè zhōng, méiyǒu yī sī lèqù. [Pinyin]

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    • 1997, “遊戲”, in 黃貫中 (lyrics), 請將手放開, performed by BEYOND [Beyond]:

      跟班friend hea到天光 [Literary Cantonese]  ―  gan¹ baan¹ fen¹ he³ dou³ tin¹ gwong¹ [Jyutping]  ―  hanging with friends until dawn

12. Classifier for scheduled forms of transportation, such as flights and trains.

    下一班車什麼時候到？ [MSC, trad.]
    下一班车什么时候到？ [MSC, simp.]

    Xià yī bān chē shénme shíhou dào? [Pinyin]

    What time is the next bus?

13. (in compounds, of transport) regular; scheduled

    班船  ―  bānchuán  ―  scheduled ferry

14. (Cantonese) Classifier for classes.

    我哋一級有五班。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我哋一级有五班。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    ngo⁵ dei⁶ jat¹ kap¹ jau⁵ ng⁵ baan¹. [Jyutping]

    We have five classes in each year.

15. (Cantonese, figurative) league; rank; level; ability; competence

    夠班／够班 [Cantonese]  ―  gau³ baan¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to be qualified (literally, “to have enough competence”)

    高班 [Cantonese]  ―  gou¹ baan¹ [Jyutping]  ―  of high competence

    佢嘅能力同其他人比仲係爭幾班。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢嘅能力同其他人比仲系争几班。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    keoi⁵ ge³ nang⁴ lik⁶ tung⁴ kei⁴ taa¹ jan⁴ bei² zung⁶ hai⁶ zaang¹ gei² baan¹. [Jyutping]

    His ability is still several leagues behind others.

16. (Cantonese) to gather; to assemble
17. (literary) to withdraw

    班師／班师  ―  bānshī  ―  to withdraw troops

18. Alternative form of 斑 (bān, “spotted; striped”)
19. a surname

    班固  ―  Bān Gù  ―  Ban Gu (historian)

• (military): Under the National Revolutionary Army, a platoon (排) was composed of three squads. With the infantry, the infantry squad would be composed of 14 soldiers, of 10 riflemen, and one light machine gun unit.

• “班”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. group, party, section

• Go-on: へん (hen)
• Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)
• Kun: かえす (kaesu, 班す); しく (shiku, 班く); わかつ (wakatsu, 班つ); わける (wakeru, 班ける)
• Nanori: つら (tsura); なか (naka); ひとし (hitoshi)

• (Tokyo) は​ん [háꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ɴ]

班(はん) • (-han) 

1. group, party
2. (military) section

班 (eumhun 나눌 반 (nanul ban))

1. Hanja form^? of 반 (“group; class”).

班: Hán Nôm readings: ban, băn

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