般

3 readings · tap one to hear it

sort; kind; class; way; manner

Sound it out + = · + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Using a tool 殳 to sort items on a tray 舟

Components 舟殳

sort · Heisig RSH #1396

舟 boat + missile

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
般若波罗密多心经	bō rě bō luó mì duō xīn jīng	the Heart Sutra
般雀比拉多	Bān què Bǐ lā duō	Pontius Pilate (in the Biblical passion story)
八般头风	bā bān tóu fēng	(TCM) eight kinds of "head wind" (headache)
一般来说	yī bān lái shuō	generally speaking
一般说来	yī bān shuō lái	generally speaking; in general
一般而言	yī bān ér yán	generally speaking
天下乌鸦一般黑	tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi	all crows are black (idiom); evil people are bad all over the world
一般人	yī bān rén	average person
一般性	yī bān xìng	general; generality
百般巴结	bǎi bān bā jié	to flatter someone in a hundred different ways; assiduous fawning (idiom)
背着抱着一般重	bēi zhe bào zhe yī bān zhòng	lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom); fi…
一般见识	yī bān jiàn shi	(idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level
一般规定	yī bān guī dìng	ordinary provision (law)
般若波罗密	bō rě bō luó mì	prajña paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra)
一般原则	yī bān yuán zé	general principle
一般来讲	yī bān lái jiǎng	generally speaking
一般	yī bān	same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
一般贸易	yī bān mào yì	general trade (i.e. importing and export without processing)
般乐	pán lè	to play; to amuse oneself
全般	quán bān	entire

These characters use 般 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
般 sound part	bān	sort, manner, kind, class
盘	pán	tray, plate, dish; to examine
搬	bān	to move, to remove, to shift, to transfer
磐	pán	boulder, large rock; firm, stable
槃	pán	tray; to rotate, to turn; to search
瘢	bān	scar, mole