Primary radical
王 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 班.
王 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 班.
班 is decomposed as ⿲王刂王.
Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.
HSK 1 · to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office
HSK 1 · to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
HSK 2 · surname Ban; team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
HSK 3 · class (group of students); grade (in school)
HSK 4 · (scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
HSK 4 · to work overtime
class, squad, team, work shift
班 has 10 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.
王 is the radical in 班. It can provide a meaning-side clue.
上班 (shàngbān): to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office; 下班 (xiàbān): to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc); 班 (bān): surname Ban; team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles.