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版

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a register; block of printing; edition; version; page

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
8
Radical
片 +4
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
版
Common rank
#983
Unicode
U+7248

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 版 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

片 meaning “page” + 反 sound ( fǎn )

Components 片 反

How to remember it

printing plate · Heisig RSH #987

片 slice + 反 against

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 版

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

WordPinyinMeaning
中国大百科全书出版社 Zhōng guó Dà Bǎi kē Quán shū Chū bǎn shè Encyclopedia of China Publishing House
数字版权管理 Shù zì Bǎn quán Guǎn lǐ Digital Rights Management (DRM)
国家新闻出版广电总局 Guó jiā Xīn wén Chū bǎn Guǎng diàn Zǒng jú State Administration for Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) (2013-20…
电子版 diàn zǐ bǎn electronic edition; digital version
西双版纳州 Xī shuāng bǎn nà Zhōu see 西雙版納傣族自治州|西双版纳傣族自治州[Xi1 shuang1 ban3 na4 Dai3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
出版物 chū bǎn wù publications
海外版 hǎi wài bǎn foreign edition (of a newspaper)
商业版本 shāng yè bǎn běn commercial version (of software)
出版者 chū bǎn zhě publisher
西双版纳 Xī shuāng bǎn nà see 西雙版納傣族自治州|西双版纳傣族自治州[Xi1 shuang1 ban3 na4 Dai3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
版权所有 bǎn quán suǒ yǒu all rights reserved (copyright statement)
原作版 yuán zuò bǎn Urtext edition
出版商 chū bǎn shāng publisher
真人版 zhēn rén bǎn real-life version (of some imaginary character)
版面费 bǎn miàn fèi publishing fee; page charge
头版 tóu bǎn (newspaper's) front page
出版社 chū bǎn shè publishing house
公版 gōng bǎn (publishing) public-domain; copyright-expired; (design, manufacturing etc) standard shared…
版面 bǎn miàn page of a publication (e.g. newspaper or website); printing space (reserved for some conte…
出版 chū bǎn to publish

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
反 sound part fǎn reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
板 bǎn board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
饭 fàn meal, food; cooked rice
贩 fàn merchant, peddler; to deal in, to trade
扳 bān to drag, to pull; to twist
坂 bǎn hillside, slope
阪 bǎn hillside, slope
舨 bǎn sampan, wooden boat
钣 bǎn metal plate; sheet metal
畈 fàn field; farm