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Kanji Detail for 搬 - "to carry"

搬

  • Meaning

    搬 means "to carry." Also associated with to relocate.

    1. Carry - To transport; to move.

    2. Convey - To transfer to another place.

    3. Transport - To ship; to relocate.

  • Words using 搬

    • 運搬 うんぱん Listen transport; transportation; conveyance
    • 搬入 はんにゅう Listen carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
    • 搬送 はんそう Listen transportation; conveyance; delivery

  • Tattoo check: 搬

    • Verified meaning: to carry
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to relocate

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    conveyor; carry; transport

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    transfer, move, remove, shift

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to move, to remove, to shift, to transfer

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To remove. Commonly read like 般. To move. Such as 搬移, 搬演.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    han(ハン) ハン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to carry to relocate transport convey transfer haul move deliver freight shift cart

Sentences including 搬

  • She was being carried to the hospital.

  • After this, Miki was taken to the hospital.

  • What will we do about getting tables, chairs and such?

  • The man is loading the moving truck on his own.

  • Fibre-optic cables can carry huge amounts of information.

  • Tom broke his right leg and was taken to hospital a few weeks before Christmas.

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