𠦒
bān

net for catching birds or rabbits

Depicts a net with a handle for catching birds or rabbits.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (2)

Simplified (1)

Remnant (1)

說文解字

《說文》:“,箕屬,所以推棄之器也。象形。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.312
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica