how to write ban(sort) in chinese

般

pinyinbān
radicals舟Stroke count10
eanglish meaningsort; type; kind; way; as; like; alike in; happy; big; big ship; revolve; pace up and down

Stroke order of the Chinese character "般" (ban)

Handwriting

n. （种; 样） sort; type; kind; way; class:

1. 一般人
the average man;

2. 百般
by all means; in every possible way;

3. 万般皆下品，惟有读书高。
To be a scholar is to be the top of society.

n. （姓氏） a surname:

1. 般建
Ban Jian

助（一样; 似） as; like; alike in:

1. 一般模样
look alike;

2. 暴风雨般的掌声
thunderous applause;

3. 男子汉一样地战斗，还是奴隶般死去?
Fight as men, or die as slaves?

v. 同 “搬” [bān]