squad, corps, unit, group
班 centers on an organized subdivision of people: a squad, corps, unit, or group formed for a shared purpose.
班 combines 玨 (two pieces of jade) with 刀 (knife) in the middle, suggesting dividing jade into portions. This idea of division extended to organizing people into groups.
Picture two jade pieces 玨 separated by a knife 刀 in the center, like dividing a squad into smaller units. The knife cuts the group into organized sections.
For ハン, imagine a squad leader named Han leading his unit: Han -> ハン, and his group follows his orders.
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group; party; team
squad leader; group leader; team leader
head; leader; prime minister
relief squad; rescue party
one group; one squad
preliminary introduction (Zen)
yangban (traditional ruling class of Korea during the Joseon dynasty)
head position
work party
(newspaper) cameramen
team of reporters; news crew
press corps; group of reporters
tactical air control party
detachment
dividing into groups (of people)
member of a group
Hanjo (noh play by Zeami)
bedroom of a forsaken woman
ranking; precedence
farmland allotment