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bǎn

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bǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bǎn | ban3
English translation
hillside, slope

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About bǎn

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

bǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of bǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

土反

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

fǎn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and fǎn represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Words with bǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
bǎn slope bǎn
达坂城 Dá bǎn chéng Dabancheng district of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市 Wū lǔ mù qí Shì [Wū​lǔ​mù​qí​Shì], Xinjiang達坂城
达坂城区 Dá bǎn chéng qū Dabancheng district of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市 Wū lǔ mù qí Shì [Wū​lǔ​mù​qí​Shì], Xinjiang達坂城區
坂井 Bǎn jǐng Sakai (Japanese surname and place name)坂井 Bǎn jǐng
坂本 Bǎn běn Sakamoto (Japanese surname)坂本 Bǎn běn

bǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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