般
bānbō HSK2

sort

般 bān frequency
manner particle
a way, fashion, or appearance; often used as a suffix to indicate similarity meaning 'like' or 'as'

他的动作像猫一般轻盈。

tā de dòng​zuò xiàng māo yī bān qīng​yíng.

His movements are as light as a cat's.

kind pronoun
a sort, type, or class of thing

这般美景真是世间罕见。

zhè bān měi​jǐng zhēn shì shì​jiān hǎn​jiàn.

Such a beautiful scene is truly rare in the world.

般 bō
prajna proper name
used in 般若 bō​rě

般若在佛教中代表至高无上的智慧。

bō​rě zài Fó​jiào zhōng dài​biǎo zhì​gāo​wú​shàng de zhì​huì.

In Buddhism, Prajna represents supreme wisdom.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
629th most common 329.4 per million
Movie subtitles
1,032nd most common 98.4 per million appears in 42% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
45.5 per million appears in 17% of films
Written text
73.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+822C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)