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般 = 殳 + 舟

般 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “carrier”. It is built from 殳 (weapon) and 舟 (boat). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2016. It appears as a component in 4 other characters in this index.

Keyword
carrier
RTK frame
2016
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
перевозчик
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
般 sort

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 殳 weapon
  2. 舟 boat

Characters that contain 般

How to find 般 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “weapon” + “boat”. 般 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 般 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.