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瘢

bān

Character

What 瘢 means

1. mark
2. scar on the skin

Words starting with 瘢

• 瘢痕bān hénscar

Words containing 瘢

• 痘瘢dòu bānpock mark
• 麻瘢má bānpock mark

Characters built on 般

These share the phonetic component 般 (bān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 磐pánfirm; stable; rock
• 槃pánvariant of 盘; wooden tray

Characters that look like 瘢

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 瘤liútumor
• 薇wēiOsmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 瘸quélame
• 瘘lòufistula; ulceration
• 瘙sàoitch; old term for scabies; Taiwan pr. sāo
• 擞sǒuused in 抖擞

Sounds the same

Read bān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 班team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift
• 般sort; kind; class
• 搬to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 颁to promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 斑spot; colored patch; stripe
• 扳to pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 斒variegated; striped; marbled
• 癍abnormal pigment deposit on the skin
• 攽variant of 颁