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钣

bǎn

Character Traditional 鈑

What 钣 means

1. metal plate
2. sheet of metal

Words starting with 钣

• 钣金bǎn jīnsheet metal working; auto body repair work; panel beating

Characters built on 反

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

• 版bǎna register; block of printing; edition
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 饭fàncooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
• 叛pànto betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 阪bǎnslope; hillside
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)

Characters that look like 钣

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

• 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons
• 钛tàititanium (chemistry)
• 铌níniobium (chemistry)
• 铍píberyllium (chemistry)
• 钒fánvanadium (chemistry)
• 钹bócymbals

Sounds the same

Read bǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 版a register; block of printing; edition
• 板board; plank; plate
• 阪slope; hillside
• 昄great; expansive
• 舨sampan
• 粄(Hakka cuisine) snacks made from glutinous rice flour (rice cakes, noodles etc)
• 坂variant of 阪