版

版 (Kangxi radical 91, 片+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中中竹水 (LLHE) or 中弓竹水 (LNHE) or 難中弓竹水 (XLNHE), four-corner 2104₇ or 2204₇, composition ⿰片反)

• 蝂

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 693, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19817
• Dae Jaweon: page 1106, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2015, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7248

Historical forms of the character 版
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *praːnʔ) : semantic 片 + phonetic 反 (OC *panʔ, *pʰan).

Related to 板 (OC *praːnʔ, “plank, board”); see there for more.

版

1. plank; formwork (wooden slabs used for molding in rammed earth construction)

   • 舜發於畎畝之中，傅說舉於版築之間。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     舜发于畎亩之中，傅说举于版筑之间。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shùn fā yú quǎnmǔ zhī zhōng, Fù Yuè jǔ yú bǎnzhù zhī jiān.

     Shun rose from among the channelled fields. Fu Yue was called to office from the midst of his building frames.

   • 引汾水灌其城，城不浸者三版。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Yǐn Fén shuǐ guàn qí chéng, chéng bù jìn zhě sān bǎn.

     directed the water from River Fen to destroy the fortifications, which were submerged up to the third slab from the top.

2. (printing) printing blocks; form

   銅版／铜版  ―  tóngbǎn  ―  copperplate

   活字版  ―  huózì bǎn  ―  movable type form

3. (by extension) page (of a newspaper or other media)

   頭版新聞／头版新闻  ―  tóubǎn xīnwén  ―  front-page news

   排版  ―  páibǎn  ―  to format a page; to typeset

   版面費／版面费  ―  bǎnmiànfèi  ―  article processing charge (literally, "page fee")

   㨴去本書尾二嗰版。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   㨴去本书尾二嗰版。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   kin² heoi³ bun² syu¹ mei^5-1 ji^6-2 go² baan².

   Turn to the second last page of the book.

4. (by extension) edition; version

   英文版  ―  yīngwénbǎn  ―  English edition

   行動版／行动版  ―  xíngdòngbǎn  ―  mobile version (of web pages)

5. (by extension) the act of publishing

   盜版／盗版  ―  dàobǎn  ―  to pirate

   版權糾紛／版权纠纷  ―  bǎnquán jiūfēn  ―  copyright disputes

6. (Internet) message board

   子版  ―  zǐbǎn  ―  subforum

7. (Cantonese) Classifier for pages.

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. printing blocks
2. edition, version
3. revision

• Go-on: へん (hen)
• Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban)
• Kun: いた (ita, 版)、ふだ (fuda, 版)

版(ばん) • (-ban) 

1. version

   短縮(たんしゅく)版(ばん)

   tanshuku ban

   shortened version

   第四(だいよん)版(ばん)

   daiyon ban

   fourth version

版 • (pan) (hangeul 판, revised pan, McCune–Reischauer p'an, Yale phan)

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版: Hán Nôm readings: bản, bảng, bỡn, phản, ván

1. copy, edition

• 出版 (xuất bản)
• 版圖 (bản đồ)

• Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese equivalent is bản.

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