bǎn
printing block, edition
Phonosemantic compound. 片 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 版
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
a register | ||
to publish | ||
version | ||
publishing house | ||
(newspaper's) front page |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 23.1619% of movies
1316th most common character in movies
810th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+7248 |
Shuowen | “版,判也。从片,反聲。” |
Sources
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