般
pán
#628 most
frequent character
see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
般 has 殳 action as meaning part and 舟, once 凡 fán, as an empty part that also gave sound. It first meant a tray and the spinning of trays. The meaning type or sort was borrowed for sound, then grew to same type and very similar.
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