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Mythic Mandarin

伴 (bàn): meaning and stroke order

伴 (bàn) means partner; companion; comrade; associate, to accompany.

伴

Simplified
伴
Traditional
伴 (same form)
Pinyin
bàn

Stroke order of 伴

伴

  • bàn partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 伴

  1. bàn
    • partner; companion; comrade; associate
    • to accompany

Radical and structure

伴
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 7 strokes · 亻 on the left, 半 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 伴

伴 in our stories

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  • 他想起李白的诗：黄河三尺鲤，本在孟津居；点额不成龙，归来伴凡鱼。连李白这样的人，也把自己比作一条没有跳过龙门的鱼。

    tā xiǎngqǐ Lǐ Bái de shī Huáng Hé sān chǐ lǐ běn zài Mèngjīn jū diǎn é bù chéng lóng guīlái bàn fán yú lián Lǐ Bái zhèyàng de rén yě bǎ zìjǐ bǐzuò yì tiáo méiyǒu tiào guò Lóngmén de yú

    He recalled lines by Li Bai: "A three-foot carp of the Yellow River once lived at Mengjin; its forehead marked, it did not become a dragon, and came home to swim with common fish." Even a man like Li Bai had compared himself to a carp that failed to leap the gate.

    From the story The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 伴

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).