搬

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搬 U+642C, 搬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-642C
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Translingual

Han character

搬 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手竹卜水 (QHYE), four-corner 57047, composition ⿰扌般)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 448, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12507
  • Dae Jaweon: page 798, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1933, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+642C

Chinese

trad. 搬
simp. # 搬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (般) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
螌 *praːn
般 *praːn, *paːn, *baːn
媻 *baːl, *baːn
搫 *baːl, *baːn
搬 *paːn
盤 *baːn
磐 *baːn
瘢 *baːn
幋 *baːn
槃 *baːn
縏 *baːn
鎜 *baːn
鞶 *baːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paːn) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 般 (OC *praːn, *paːn, *baːn).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • poaⁿ - vernacular;
  • poan/pan - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 搬
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pan ›
Old
Chinese 		/*Cə.pˁan/
English move

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 搬
Reading # 1/1
No. 230
Phonetic
component 		般
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		𤳖
Old
Chinese 		/*paːn/
Notes 般後起轉註字

Definitions

搬

  1. to move; to shift the position of; to transport (something large)
    搬球門／搬球门  ―  bān qiúmén  ―  to move the soccer goal
  2. to move (house)
    搬家  ―  bānjiā  ―  to move house
    搬屋 [Cantonese]  ―  bun1 uk1   ―  to move house
    搬走  ―  bānzǒu  ―  to move away
  3. to apply mechanically; to use indiscriminately
  4. (slang) to rake in money

Synonyms

  • (to move): (Cantonese) 喐 (juk1, “to move (something small)”)
  • (to apply mechanically):

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

搬

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. a carrier or transporter of things
  2. to transport
  3. to convey

Readings

Korean

Hanja

搬 • (ban) (hangeul 반, McCune–Reischauer pan, Yale pan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

搬: Hán Việt readings: ban, bàn
搬: Nôm readings: bưng

  1. Nôm form of bưng (“to carry, to pick up”).
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