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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ban4
- English meanings
- punish (by law), manage, get ... ready, set_up, buy a fair amount of, set up, run, management, handle, tackle, attend to, do, punish, bring ... to justice
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Overlapping structure
Overlapping arrangement: first part 力; second part 八.
Meaning & sound clues
力 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “strength”.
八 is identified as the sound component (bā). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 办.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
accompany
half
to disguise oneself as
to pull
to mix
move
spot; stripe
boss
page
measure word (events)
petal; segment
trip; stumble; hinder
kind; sort
boss
issue; award
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 主办
- 举办
- 创办
- 办不到
- 办事
- 办事处
- 办公
- 办公室
- 办学
- 办法
- 办理
- 开办
- 怎么办
- 承办
- 民办
- 照办
- 申办
- 筹办