伴

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partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 meaning “person” + 半 sound ( bàn )

Components 亻半

partner · Heisig RSH #981

人 person + 半 half

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
结伴而行	jié bàn ér xíng	(of a group) to stay together; to keep together
伴生气	bàn shēng qì	associated gas (petrochemical engineering)
老伴儿	lǎo bàn r	erhua variant of 老伴[lao3 ban4]
发热伴血小板减少综合征	fā rè bàn xuè xiǎo bǎn jiǎn shǎo zōng hé zhēng	severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)
少年夫妻老来伴	shào nián fū qī lǎo lái bàn	husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
伴手礼	bàn shǒu lǐ	(Tw) gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, …
性伴	xìng bàn	sexual partner
伴有	bàn yǒu	to be accompanied by
做伴儿	zuò bàn r	erhua variant of 做伴[zuo4 ban4]
伴手	bàn shǒu	see 伴手禮\|伴手礼[ban4 shou3 li3]
老伴	lǎo bàn	(of an elderly couple) husband or wife
相伴	xiāng bàn	to accompany sb; to accompany each other
火伴	huǒ bàn	variant of 夥伴\|伙伴[huo3 ban4]
作伴	zuò bàn	to accompany; to keep sb company
伴同	bàn tóng	to accompany
伴星	bàn xīng	(astronomy) companion star
同伴	tóng bàn	companion; comrade; fellow
女伴	nǚ bàn	female companion
伴热	bàn rè	electric heat tracing; steam tracing (for maintaining the temperature of pipes etc)
酒伴	jiǔ bàn	drinking buddy

Characters sharing the sound component 半 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
半 sound part	bàn	half; semi-, incomplete
判	pàn	to judge; to discriminate; to conclude
胖	pàng	fat, plump, obese; a fat person
叛	pàn	rebel; rebellion; rebellious
拌	bàn	to mix
绊	bàn	a loop of thread; shackles, fetters; to stumble, to trip
衅	xìn	to quarrel, to dispute; a blood sacrifice
泮	pàn	Zhou dynasty school; to disperse, to fall apart
袢	pàn	robe