班(bān)

HSK 110 strokes

surname Ban

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Character information

Pinyin
bān
Meaning
surname Ban
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 班 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿲王刂王

Cutting 刂 a piece of jade 王 in two, symbolizing two classes

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

王wáng刂dāo

Parts are arranged three parts across.

How to write 班 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 班

Common words using 班 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shàng上bān班
HSK 1

to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office

Open 上班 page →
xià下bān班
HSK 1

to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)

Open 下班 page →
jiā加bān班
HSK 4

to work overtime

Open 加班 page →
péi培xùn训bān班
HSK 4

training class

Open 培训班 page →
zhí值bān班
HSK 5

to work a shift

Open 值班 page →
yè夜bān班
HSK 7-9

night shift

Open 夜班 page →
zhōng中bān班

middle shift; swing shift; early night shift; middle class in kindergarten …

Open 中班 page →
sān三bān班dǎo倒

three-shift system (work rostering)

Open 三班倒 page →

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一七三上下不东两

From 班’s common words

上下加培训值夜中

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