# 版

| 版 | U+7248, &#29256; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7248 |
| ← 片 [U+7247] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 牉 → [U+7249] |

## Translingual
### Han character

版 (Kangxi radical 91, 片+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中中竹水 (LLHE) or 中弓竹水 (LNHE) or 難中弓竹水 (XLNHE), four-corner 2104$_7$ or 2204$_7$, composition ⿰片反)

#### Derived characters

* 蝂

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 693, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19817
* Dae Jaweon: page 1106, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2015, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7248

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 版 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 扳 | *praːn, *pʰraːn |
| 板 | *praːnʔ |
| 版 | *praːnʔ |
| 瓪 | *praːnʔ, *paːnʔ |
| 昄 | *praːnʔ, *braːnʔ, *paːnʔ |
| 鈑 | *praːnʔ |
| 蝂 | *praːnʔ |
| 眅 | *pʰraːn, *pʰraːnʔ |
| 阪 | *braːnʔ, *panʔ |
| 魬 | *braːnʔ |
| 粄 | *paːnʔ |
| 反 | *panʔ, *pʰan |
| 返 | *panʔ |
| 坂 | *panʔ |
| 畈 | *pans |
| 販 | *pans |
| 汳 | *pʰans |
| 飯 | *bonʔ, *bons |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *praːnʔ) : semantic 片 + phonetic 反 (OC *panʔ, *pʰan).

### Etymology

Related to 板 (OC *praːnʔ, “plank, board”); see there for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǎn (ban$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baan$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pán
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ban$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bāng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pán
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bang$^2$ / boin$^2$ / bain$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$pe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǎn
*** Wade–Giles: pan$^3$
*** Yale: bǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baan
*** Palladius: бань (banʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pän²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baan$^2$
*** Yale: báan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baan$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ban$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːn³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pán
*** Hakka Romanization System: ban$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ban$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pan³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ban$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pan³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bāng
*** Sinological IPA : /paŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pán
*** Tâi-lô: pán
*** Phofsit Daibuun: parn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Taipei): /pan⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pan⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bang$^2$ / boin$^2$ / bain$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: páng / póiⁿ / páiⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /paŋ⁵²/, /põĩ⁵²/, /pãĩ⁵²/
* bang2 - literary;
* boin2/bain2 - vernacular (boin2 - Chaozhou).
* Middle Chinese: paenX
Rime :
| Character | 版 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 刪 (69) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 布綰切 |
| Baxter | paenX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠan$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚan$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɐn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paɨn$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /pan$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /pan$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pan$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | baan$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*praːnʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 版 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2954 |
| Phonetic component | 反 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 版 |
| Old Chinese | /*praːnʔ/ |

### Definitions

版
* plank; formwork (wooden slabs used for molding in rammed earth construction)
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Shùn fā yú quǎnmǔ zhī zhōng, Fù Yuè jǔ yú bǎnzhù zhī jiān. [Pinyin]
    Shun rose from among the channelled fields. Fu Yue was called to office from the midst of his building frames.
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Yǐn Fén shuǐ guàn qí chéng, chéng bù jìn zhě sān bǎn. [Pinyin]
    [The three armies] directed the water from River Fen to destroy the fortifications, which were submerged up to the third slab from the top.
* (printing) printing blocks; form
    銅版／铜版 ― tóngbǎn ― copperplate
    活字版 ― huózì bǎn ― movable type form
* (by extension) page (of a newspaper or other media)
    頭版新聞／头版新闻 ― tóubǎn xīnwén ― front-page news
    排版 ― páibǎn ― to format a page; to typeset
    版面費／版面费 ― bǎnmiànfèi ― article processing charge (literally, "page fee")
       kin$^2$ heoi$^3$ bun$^2$ syu$^1$ mei$^{5-1}$ ji$^{6-2}$ go$^2$ baan$^2$. [Jyutping]
       Turn to the second last page of the book.
* (by extension) edition; version
    英文版 ― yīngwénbǎn ― English edition
    行動版／行动版 ― xíngdòngbǎn ― mobile version (of web pages)
* (by extension) the act of publishing
    盜版／盗版 ― dàobǎn ― to pirate
    版權糾紛／版权纠纷 ― bǎnquán jiūfēn ― copyright disputes
* (Internet) message board
    子版 ― zǐbǎn ― subforum
* (Cantonese) Classifier for pages.

### Compounds

* 三色版
* 乾刻版／干刻版
* 仕版
* 修版
* 停版
* 傅說版築／傅说版筑
* 再版 (zàibǎn)
* 冷式排版
* 凸版
* 凹版 (āobǎn)
* 出版 (chūbǎn)
* 凸版印刷
* 凹版印刷 (āobǎn yìnshuā)
* 出版品 (chūbǎnpǐn)
* 出版法
* 出版界
* 凹版畫／凹版画
* 出版節／出版节
* 出版自由
* 初版 (chūbǎn)
* 刻版印書／刻版印书
* 原版 (yuánbǎn)
* 四六版紙／四六版纸
* 圖版／图版 (túbǎn)
* 增訂版／增订版 (zēngdìngbǎn)
* 套印版畫／套印版画
* 套版
* 套色版畫／套色版画
* 孔版
* 孔版印刷
* 孔版畫／孔版画
* 寫真版／写真版
* 嵌版構造／嵌版构造
* 平版 (píngbǎn)
* 平版印刷
* 平版畫／平版画
* 底版
* 心版
* 戶版／户版
* 手版 (shǒubǎn)
* 打字排版
* 打屁版
* 拼合版畫／拼合版画
* 拼版 (pīnbǎn)
* 排版 (páibǎn)
* 改版 (gǎibǎn)
* 新版 (xīnbǎn)
* 木版 (mùbǎn)
* 木版印刷
* 木版畫／木版画
* 殿版
* 泥版
* 活字版
* 洋版
* 海外版
* 滿版／满版
* 濃縮版／浓缩版
* 照相凸版
* 照相凹版
* 照相平版
* 照相版
* 照相製版／照相制版
* 版尹
* 版刻 (bǎnkè)
* 版口 (bǎnkǒu)
* 版圖／版图 (bǎntú)
* 版屋
* 版式 (bǎnshì)
* 版心 (bǎnxīn)
* 版本 (bǎnběn)
* 版本學／版本学 (bǎnběnxué)
* 版樁／版桩
* 版樣／版样
* 版權／版权 (bǎnquán)
* 版權所有／版权所有 (bǎnquán suǒyǒu)
* 版權頁／版权页 (bǎnquányè)
* 版次 (bǎncì)
* 版牙
* 版畫／版画 (bǎnhuà)
* 版稅／版税 (bǎnshuì)
* 版築／版筑 (bǎnzhù)
* 版築飯牛／版筑饭牛
* 版籍 (bǎnjí)
* 版蕩／版荡
* 版輿／版舆
* 版面 (bǎnmiàn)
* 版面設計／版面设计
* 玉版
* 玉版紙／玉版纸
* 玻璃版 (bōlibǎn)
* 珂羅版／珂罗版 (kēluóbǎn)
* 盜版／盗版 (dàobǎn)
* 真筆版／真笔版
* 石版 (shíbǎn)
* 石版印刷
* 石版屋
* 石版畫／石版画
* 石版石
* 石版路
* 碑版
* 祝版
* 第一版
* 節略版／节略版
* 簡版／简版
* 紙版／纸版
* 絕版／绝版 (juébǎn)
* 絕版書／绝版书
* 網版／网版
* 網目版／网目版
* 線上出版／线上出版
* 續版／续版
* 翻版 (fānbǎn)
* 翻版片
* 聚珍版
* 膠版／胶版
* 膠版印刷／胶版印刷
* 舊版／旧版 (jiùbǎn)
* 航空版
* 菊版
* 製版／制版 (zhìbǎn)
* 西雙版納／西双版纳 (Xīshuāngbǎnnà)
* 謄寫鋼版／誊写钢版
* 重版 (chóngbǎn)
* 鉛版／铅版
* 銅版／铜版 (tóngbǎn)
* 銅版畫／铜版画
* 銅版紙／铜版纸
* 鋅版／锌版 (xīnbǎn)
* 鋼版／钢版
* 鏤版／镂版 (lòubǎn)
* 阿膠版／阿胶版
* 雕版 (diāobǎn)
* 雕版印刷 (diāobǎn yìnshuā)
* 雲版／云版
* 電腦排版／电脑排版
* 頭版／头版 (tóubǎn)
* 餖版／饾版 (dòubǎn)
* 墨版
* 墨版版畫／墨版版画
* 龜版／龟版

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* printing blocks
* edition, version
* revision

#### Readings

* Go-on: へん (hen)
* Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)
* Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban)
* Kun: いた (ita, 版)、ふだ (fuda, 版)

### Suffix

版(ばん) • (-ban)
* version
    短縮(たんしゅく)版(ばん)
       tanshuku ban
       shortened version
    第四(だいよん)版(ばん)
       daiyon ban
       fourth version

## Korean
### Hanja

版 • (pan) (hangeul 판, revised pan, McCune–Reischauer p'an, Yale phan)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

版: Hán Nôm readings: bản, bảng, bỡn, phản, ván
* copy, edition

#### Compounds

* 出版 (xuất bản)
* 版圖 (bản đồ)

#### Usage notes

* Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese equivalent is bản.

#### References

* www.chunom.org