班

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team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Cutting 刂 a piece of jade 王 in two, symbolizing two classes

Components 王 ×2 刂

class · Heisig RSH #1009

saber + ball

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
上班	shàng bān	to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office
下班	xià bān	to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
北布拉班特	Běi Bù lā bān tè	Noord Brabant, Netherlands
布里斯班	Bù lǐ sī bān	Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia
白班儿	bái bān r	day shift
班加罗尔	Bān jiā luó ěr	Bangalore, capital of southwest Indian state Karnataka 卡納塔克邦\|卡纳塔克邦[Ka3 na4 ta3 ke4 bang1]
班克斯	Bān kè sī	(surname) Banks; Banksy (UK artist)
原班人马	yuán bān rén mǎ	original cast; former team
班克西	Bān kè xī	Banksy (British street artist)
上下班	shàng xià bān	to start and finish work
同班同学	tóng bān tóng xué	classmate
格林斯班	Gé lín sī bān	Alan Greenspan (1926-), US economist
草台班子	cǎo tái bān zi	small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages; (fig.) makes…
上班时间	shàng bān shí jiān	working hours; office hours
米利班德	Mǐ lì bān dé	Milliband (name); Ed Milliband, UK labor politician, opposition leader from 2010
学前班	xué qián bān	preschool
上班族	shàng bān zú	office workers (as social group)
班达海	Bān dá Hǎi	Banda Sea, in the East Indian Archipelago
班子	bān zi	organized group; theatrical troupe
大卫·米利班德	Dà wèi · Mǐ lì bān dé	David Miliband (1965-), UK politician