bàn

companion

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

半 sound component

  Sound component

bàn

  

half

Evolution

伴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
伴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

bàn

companion, comrade, partner; accompany; partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany

Most common words with 伴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

伙伴

partner

partner

伴随

to accompany

陪伴

to accompany

同伴

companion