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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
bān - to pull
- to turn (sth) around
- to turn around (a situation)
- to recoup
pān - variant of 攀[pan1]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 14,091 8,252 16,730

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Hand

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
扳机 - - 5,149 33,613 41,050
扳手 - - 13,708 42,272 32,991
- 8 14,091 8,252 16,730
扳回 - - 30,767 20,455 39,792
扳子 - - 44,621 - -
扳平 - - 52,126 - -