반

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반 U+BC18, 반
HANGUL SYLLABLE BAN
Composition:ㅂ + ㅏ + ㄴ
← 밗
 		Hangul Syllables 밙 →
바박밖밗반밙밚
받발밝밞밟밠밡
밢밣밤밥밦밧밨
방밪밫밬밭밮밯
미 ←→ 배

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 半, from the Middle Korean reading 반〯 (Yale: pǎn).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ban
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ban
McCune–Reischauer?pan
Yale Romanization?pān

Noun

반 • (ban) (hanja 半)

  1. half

Prefix

반— • (ban-) (hanja 半)

  1. semi-; half-
    반자동(半自動) (banjadong, “semiautomatic”)
    반세기(半世紀) (bansegi, “half-century”)
Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 班, from the Middle Korean reading 반 (Yale: pàn).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ban
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ban
McCune–Reischauer?pan
Yale Romanization?pan

Noun

반 • (ban) (hanja 班)

  1. party; group
  2. class (at a school)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 反.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ban
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ban
McCune–Reischauer?pan
Yale Romanization?pān

Prefix

반— • (ban-) (hanja 反)

  1. anti-; opposite
    반비례(反比例) (banbirye, “inverse proportion”)
  2. anti-; against, opposing
    반정부(反政府) (banjeongbu, “antigovernment”)
    Antonym: 친(親) (chin-, “pro-; in favour of”)
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

반 • (ban)

More information
  1. 反:
    (MC reading: 反 (MC pjonX))
  2. 半:
    (MC reading: 半 (MC panH))
  3. 般:
    (MC reading: 般 (MC ban|pan|paen))
  4. 班:
    (MC reading: 班 (MC paen))
  5. 伴:
    (MC reading: 伴 (MC banX|banH))
  6. 盤:
    (MC reading: 盤 (MC ban))
  7. 返:
    (MC reading: 返 (MC pjonX))
  8. 搬:
    (MC reading: 搬)
  9. 潘:
    (MC reading: 潘 (MC phan))
  10. 飯:
    (MC reading: 飯 (MC bjonX|bjonH))
  11. 叛:
    (MC reading: 叛 (MC banH))
  12. 斑:
    (MC reading: 斑 (MC paen))
  13. 畔:
    (MC reading: 畔 (MC banH))
  14. 攀:
    (MC reading: 攀 (MC phaen))
  15. 礬:
    (MC reading: 礬 (MC bjon))
  16. 泮:
    (MC reading: 泮 (MC phanH))
  17. 蟠:
    (MC reading: 蟠 (MC bjon|ban))
  18. 磻:
    (MC reading: 磻 (MC ban))
  19. 槃:
    (MC reading: 槃 (MC ban))
  20. 頒:
    (MC reading: 頒 (MC bjun|paen))
  21. 絆:
    (MC reading: 絆 (MC panH))
  22. 瘢:
    (MC reading: 瘢 (MC ban))
  23. 盼:
    (MC reading: 盼 (MC pheanH))
  24. 磐:
    (MC reading: 磐 (MC ban))
  25. 繁:
    (MC reading: 繁 (MC bjon|ban|ba))
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