BAN-3

('ban' in the third tone)

There are some 30 standard Chinese characters with a 'ban'pronunciation. Major sound-indicating components are: 反 (7 occurences), 半 (7)

The most common 'ban' spoken characters are:

办 = ban(4) = to handle

半 = ban(4) = half

Cross sounds with other Asian languanges:

Thai: ban = home; glab ban = go home

Indonesian: ban = tyre

板 = ban(3) = board (flat piece of hard material)

地板 = di(4)ban(3) = floor (of a room or building)

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板 = ban(3) = (not related to the previous 板 and with no independent meaning)

老板 = lao(3)ban(3) = boss

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版 = ban(3) = edition, printing plate

盗版 = dao(4)ban(3) = pirated edition

正版 = zheng(1)ban(3) = lit. honest edition