班 bān

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

HSK 110 strokes

Stroke order animation

班 · 10 strokes

10 strokes

Each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

Ideograph⿲王刂王

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

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shàng bānto go to work; to be on duty; to start work

xià bānto finish work; to get off work

bān jíclass (group of students)

jiā bānto work overtime

háng bān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing

zhí bānto work a shift

yè bānnight shift

jiē bānto take over (from those working the previous…

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