搬 bān
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 般 sort, manner, kind, class
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
搬家
bānjiā
to move house
Characters in this word
家 jiā
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我明天搬家。 Wǒ míngtiān bān jiā. I move house tomorrow.
- 他们要搬家。 Tāmen yào bān jiā. They are going to move house.
- 搬家很累。 Bān jiā hěn lèi. Moving house is very tiring.