搬

搬	U+642C, 搬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-642C

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[U+642B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+642D]

Translingual

Han character

搬 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手竹卜水 (QHYE), four-corner 5704₇, composition ⿰扌般)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 448, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12507
Dae Jaweon: page 798, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1933, character 2
Unihan data for U+642C

Chinese

trad.		搬
simp. ^#		搬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (般) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
螌	*praːn
般	praːn, paːn, *baːn
媻	baːl, baːn
搫	baːl, baːn
搬	*paːn
盤	*baːn
磐	*baːn
瘢	*baːn
幋	*baːn
槃	*baːn
縏	*baːn
鎜	*baːn
鞶	*baːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *paːn): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 般 (OC *praːn, *paːn, *baːn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bān (ban¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ban¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bun¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bon¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pân

(Hailu, HRS): ban^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): ban¹

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): bang¹
Jin (Wiktionary): ban¹
Northern Min (KCR): buíng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bua¹ / buo¹ / buann¹ / buang¹ / buerng¹ / bong¹ / buong¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): poaⁿ / poan / pan

(Teochew, Peng'im): buan¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹poe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ban
  - Wade–Giles: pan¹
  - Yale: bān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ban
  - Palladius: бань (banʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ban¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ban
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bun¹
  - Yale: būn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pᵘɔn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pân
  - Hakka Romanization System: ban^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ban¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pan²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ban^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /pan⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ban¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pan⁴⁴/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: bang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /paŋ³³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ban¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pæ̃¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: buíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puiŋ⁵⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bua¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: buaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pua⁵³³/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puo⁵³³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buann¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pũã⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buang¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: buang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puaŋ⁵³³/
- (Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puaŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buerng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puəŋ⁵³³/
- (Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buerng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɯəŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ⁵⁴⁴/

Note:

bua1/buo1/buann1 - veernacular;
buang1/buerng1/bong1/buong1 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: puann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /puã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poan
  - Tâi-lô: puan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poafn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /puan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puan³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan
  - Tâi-lô: pan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pafn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pan⁴⁴/

Note:

poaⁿ - vernacular;
poan/pan - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: buan¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puaⁿ
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pũã³³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹poe
  - MiniDict: poe^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹poe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pø⁵³/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.pˤan/

(Zhengzhang): /*paːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	搬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bān
Middle Chinese	‹ pan ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.pˁan/
English	move
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搬
Reading #	1/1
No.	230
Phonetic component	般
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𤳖
Old Chinese	/*paːn/
Notes	般後起轉註字

Definitions

搬

to move; to shift the position of; to transport (something large)
搬球門／搬球门 ― bān qiúmén ― to move the soccer goal
to move (house)
搬家 ― bānjiā ― to move house

搬屋 [Cantonese] ― bun¹ uk¹ [Jyutping] ― to move house

搬走 ― bānzǒu ― to move away
to apply mechanically; to use indiscriminately
(slang) to rake in money

Synonyms

(to move): (Cantonese) 喐 (juk1, “to move (something small)”)

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徙動 / 徙动 (xǐdòng)
搬家 (bānjiā) (figurative)
搬移 (bānyí)
搬遷 / 搬迁 (bānqiān)
播 (literary)
遷 / 迁 (qiān)
遷徙 / 迁徙 (qiānxǐ)
遷移 / 迁移 (qiānyí)

(to apply mechanically):

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使出 (shǐchū)
使用 (shǐyòng)
利用 (lìyòng)
動用 / 动用 (dòngyòng)
取用 (qǔyòng)
吸納 / 吸纳 (xīnà)
善用 (shànyòng) (to put to good use)
套用 (tàoyòng) (to apply mechanically)
實用 / 实用 (shíyòng)
應用 / 应用 (yìngyòng)
採用 / 采用 (cǎiyòng)
採納 / 采纳 (cǎinà)
搬動 / 搬动 (bāndòng)
施用 (shīyòng)
沿用 (yányòng) (to continue to use)
用 (yòng)
硬套 (yìngtào) (to apply mechanically)
起動 / 起动 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
運用 / 运用 (yùnyòng)
錄用 / 录用 (lùyòng)
須 / 须 (xū) (literary)

Compounds

大搬風 / 大搬风
扯是搬非
掠是搬非
搬九
搬假戲 / 搬假戏
搬兵 (bānbīng)
搬出 (bānchū)
搬動 / 搬动 (bāndòng)
搬厝 (poaⁿ-chhù) (Min Nan)
搬口
搬口弄舌
搬唆
搬唱
搬嘴
搬子 (bānzi)
搬字過紙 / 搬字过纸
搬家 (bānjiā)
搬弄 (bānnòng)
搬弄口舌
搬弄是非 (bānnòngshìfēi)
搬戲 / 搬戏 (poaⁿ-hì) (Min Nan)
搬挑
搬挪
搬斗
搬斤播兩 / 搬斤播两
搬是造非
搬楦頭 / 搬楦头
搬演 (bānyǎn)
搬登
搬磚砸腳 / 搬砖砸脚
搬移 (bānyí)
搬脣弄舌 / 搬唇弄舌
搬脣撅嘴 / 搬唇撅嘴
搬脣遞舌 / 搬唇递舌
搬調 / 搬调
搬請 / 搬请
搬走
搬逗
搬運 / 搬运 (bānyùn)
搬運作用 / 搬运作用
搬遷 / 搬迁 (bānqiān)
搬配
搬開 / 搬开 (bānkāi)
搬風 / 搬风
搬鬥 / 搬斗
生搬硬套 (shēngbānyìngtào)
腦袋搬家 / 脑袋搬家

References

“搬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
“搬”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
“搬”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “搬”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 220.
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “1934 搬（把这些东西～走）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 477.
周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “搬”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 12.

Japanese

Kanji

搬

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ばん (ban)
Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)
Kun: はこぶ (hakobu, 搬ぶ)、うつす (utsusu)

Korean

Hanja

搬 • (ban) (hangeul 반, McCune–Reischauer pan, Yale pan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

搬: Hán Việt readings: ban, bàn
搬: Nôm readings: bưng

chữ Nôm form of bưng (“to carry, to pick up”)