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ㄅㄢ

bān

pull

扳 is a 7 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as bān in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as pān.

It is made up of the components (hand) and (contrary).

  • ㄅㄢ

    bān

    pull

    • ㄕㄡ ˙

      shou

      hand

    • ㄈㄢ ˇ

      fǎn

      contrary

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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 扳

bān
pān

Definitions for 扳 pronounced as bān

  • to pull
  • to turn (sth) around
  • to turn around (a situation)
  • to recoup

Definitions for 扳 pronounced as pān

  • variant of 攀[pan1]

Vocabulary

The most common words for 扳 — see all

  • ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
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