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斑

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spot; colored patch; stripe; spotted; striped; variegated

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
12
Radical
文 +8
Structure
Left–middle–right 左中右
Traditional
斑
Common rank
#509
Unicode
U+6591

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Formation & memory

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How 斑 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Markings 文 in jade 王

Components 王 ×2 文

How to remember it

speck · Heisig RSH #2716

Highlander + ball

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 斑

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

WordPinyinMeaning
小斑点 xiǎo bān diǎn speckle
斑马线 bān mǎ xiàn crosswalk; zebra crossing
白斑病 bái bān bìng vitiligo
长嘴斑海雀 cháng zuǐ bān hǎi què (bird species of China) long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)
斑马鱼 bān mǎ yú zebrafish
老年斑 lǎo nián bān liver spot; age spot
石斑鱼 shí bān yú grouper (Portuguese: garoupa); also called 鮨; Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish…
一斑 yī bān lit. one spot (on the leopard); fig. one small item in a big scheme
斑马 bān mǎ zebra; CL:匹[pi3]
斑白 bān bái grizzled; graying
花斑 huā bān patches; mottling
斑文鸟 bān wén niǎo (bird species of China) scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata)
三斑 sān bān (Tw) common name for paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)
白斑症 bái bān zhèng vitiligo
光斑 guāng bān facula (astronomy)
红斑 hóng bān (medicine) erythema
斑点 bān diǎn spot; stain; speckle
色斑 sè bān stain; colored patch; freckle; lentigo
黄斑 huáng bān macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina); yellow spot
黑斑 hēi bān dark spot or blotch on the skin