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CHINESE CHARACTER

班 (bān): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

bān
class, squad, team, work shift
HSK 110 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

Primary radical

王 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 班.

王 · 刂

Visible components

班 is decomposed as ⿲王刂王.

STROKES · 10

Write 班 in 10 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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LEARN THIS CHARACTER IN CONTEXT

Examples using 班

上班

日本上班族工作得非常辛苦。

Rì běn shàng bān zú gōng zuò dé fēi cháng xīn kǔ。

Japanese office workers work very hard.

下班

你一般几点下班?

Nǐ yì bān jǐ diǎn xià bān?

When do you usually get off work?

汤姆上夜班。

Tāng mǔ shàng yè bān。

Tom is working the night shift.

FAQ

What does 班 (bān) mean in Chinese?

class, squad, team, work shift

How do you write 班 in stroke order?

班 has 10 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 班?

王 is the radical in 班. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 班?

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.