Chinese Character Wiki

斑

bān

mottled

Markings 文 in jade 王

Components
王 meaning component

王  Meaning component

wáng, wàng

  

king

文 meaning component

文  Meaning component

wén

  

writing

王 meaning component

王  Meaning component

wáng, wàng

  

king

Evolution

斑 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
斑 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
斑 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

斑  

bān

mottled, striped, freckle; spot; colored patch; stripe; spotted; striped; variegated

Most common words with 斑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

斑

spot

斑点

spot

斑马

zebra

雀斑

freckles

斑斑

full of stains or spots

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

癍

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

癍

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pˤran

paen

bān

variegated


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.5262% of movies

2214th most common character in movies

2053rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+6591


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