• 882nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 110 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bān (Ban1)surname Ban
2. bān (ban1)team • class • squad • work shift • ranking • CL:個|个[ge4] • classifier for groups

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

上班 

Uncommon

上班族 
下班 
值班 
加班 
夜班 
早班 
班主任 
班级 (班級)
班车 (班車)
班长 (班長)
航班 
西班牙 

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  • 183rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 138 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ci4)next in sequence • second • the second (day, time etc) • secondary • vice- • sub- • infra- • inferior quality • substandard • order • sequence • hypo- (chemistry) • classifier for enumerated events: time

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

再次 
次方 

Uncommon

一次性 
上次 
下次 
人次 
依次 
其次 
名次 
层次 (層次)
档次 (檔次)
次元 
次数 (次數)
次于 (次於)
次日 
次要 
班次 
语无伦次 (語無倫次)
首次 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.