搬bān
to move something. 13 strokes, radical 扌, first met in HSK 3.
How to write 搬
Strokes 1–3 write 扌, then strokes 4–13 write 般.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 搬 · the stroke-order rules
What 搬 is made of
扌 (shǒu, hand) and 般 (bān, sort).
扌 carries the meaning — hand — and 般 carries the sound.
Words that use 搬
| 搬 | to move something 把重的东西换个地方放 这个箱子太重了，我们两个人一起搬吧。This box is too heavy — let us move it together. Lesson 107, 新家安顿 · 城市生活与新家 · Urban Life & The New Home |
| 搬家 | to move house 全家换到新的住处去住 我们全家下个月要搬家，去新房子住。Our family will move house next month and live in a new flat. Lesson 107, 新家安顿 · 城市生活与新家 · Urban Life & The New Home |
Characters that share the sound part 般
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 扌
All 105 of them, and what the radical means, on the 手 radical page.