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班

squad
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingハン
JōyōGrade 6KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. squadRtK
    鑑識班は今日の火事の原因を特定しようとしている。Investigators are trying to pin down the cause of today's fire.tatoeba
    マークは建設班の中では働き者だった。Mark was a work horse on his construction crew.tatoeba
  2. corps
  3. unit
  4. group
    サマーキャンプでは、彼女が私の班の責任者になった。At the summer camp, she was in charge of the group I belonged to.tatoeba
  1. party
  2. team
  3. section

Homonyms

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Same reading (はん)
半 · half判 · seal反 · anti-版 · edition藩 · han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meij…汎 · pan-範 · example

Radicals and components

Radical玉jade
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sword (刀) · spear · cutlass · king (王) · jewel (玉) · ball (玉)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1315

Compound words

班点はんてん
(scattered) spots
首班しゅはん
head; leader; prime minister
班長はんちょう
squad leader; group leader; team leader
主班しゅはん
head position
救護班きゅうごはん
relief squad
写真班しゃしんはん
(newspaper) cameramen
西班牙スペイン
Spain
独立班どくりつはん
detachment
首班指名しゅばんしめい
Diet nomination of a prime minister
西班牙語スペインご
Spanish (language)
戦術航空統制班せんじゅつこうくうとうせいはん
tactical air control party

Additional Examples

ジャスティン班長、亜空間レーダーに反応出ました！
Squad Leader Justin, a blip's appeared on the hyperspace radar!tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 班

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