# 辦

| 辦 | U+8FA6, &#36774; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FA6 |
| ← 辥 [U+8FA5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 辧 → [U+8FA7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

辦 (Kangxi radical 160, 辛+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜十大尸十 (YJKSJ), four-corner 0044$_1$, composition ⿲辛力辛)

#### Derived characters

* 𥷁

#### Related characters

* 办 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1251, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38655
* Dae Jaweon: page 1731, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4042, character 5
* Unihan data for U+8FA6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 辬 | *praːn |
| 瓣 | *breːns |
| 辦 | *breːns |
| 辨 | *breːns, *brenʔ |
| 辡 | *prenʔ, *brenʔ |
| 辯 | *brenʔ |
| 辮 | *beːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *breːns) : phonetic 辡 (OC *prenʔ, *brenʔ) + semantic 力 (“strength”).

### Etymology 1

Cognate with Tibetan བྲེལ་བ (brel ba, “to be employed; busy”) (Schuessler, 2007). Note also similarities to Burmese ဖန် (hpan, “to make, create”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bàn (ban$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ban$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baan$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ban$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): pan$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phan
    (Hailu, HRS): pan$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pan$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ban$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): bāing
* Eastern Min (BUC): bâing
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pān
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bang$^7$ / poin$^7$ / bain$^7$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): bang$^7$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$be
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ban$^4$ / ban$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bàn
*** Wade–Giles: pan$^4$
*** Yale: bàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann
*** Palladius: бань (banʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pän⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ban$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ban
*** Sinological IPA : /pan²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baan$^6$
*** Yale: baahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ban$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːn²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ban$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pan³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: pan$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰan¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phan
*** Hakka Romanization System: pan
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰan⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: pan$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰan³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰan⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ban$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pæ̃⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bāing
*** Sinological IPA : /paiŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bâing
*** Sinological IPA : /paiŋ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pān
*** Tâi-lô: pān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pan
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pan²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pan³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bang$^7$ / poin$^7$ / bain$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pāng / phōiⁿ / pāiⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /paŋ¹¹/, /pʰõĩ¹¹/, /pãĩ¹¹/
* bang7 - literary;
* poin7/bain7 - vernacular (bain7 - Jieyang).
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit辦 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pan⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /pan⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pan⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /pã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /pã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /pan³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /pã⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /pã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /pan¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /pɛ̃n¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pan²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /pan³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /pan¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /pan²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /pã̠²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /paŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pæ̃⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pæ̃⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pɑŋ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pæ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /be²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /be̞³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /bẽ̞¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ba²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /pʰɛ²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /pʰuːə¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pan⁵⁵/ /pan¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ban²¹/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pʰan²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pʰan⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pʰɑn⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pan²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pan²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pan²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pan²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /paiŋ²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /paiŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /pʰõi³¹/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ʔbaŋ³³/ |
* Middle Chinese: beanH
Rime :
| Character | 辦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 山 (73) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 蒲莧切 |
| Baxter | beanH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bˠɛn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bᵚæn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bəɨn$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /bɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bæn$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱăn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | baan$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤren-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*breːns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 辦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bɛn$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁren-s/ |
| English | manage, deal with |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 辦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 782 |
| Phonetic component | 辡 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 瓣 |
| Old Chinese | /*breːns/ |
| Notes | 同辨 |

#### Definitions

辦
* to deal with; to handle; to manage; to take care of
    沒辦法／没办法 ― méibànfǎ ― there is no way to deal with this
    怎麼辦？／怎么办？ ― Zěnmebàn? ― What do I do?
* to prepare; to get something ready
    辦飯的／办饭的 [dialectal Mandarin] ― bànfànde [Pinyin] ― (Wulian Mandarin) wife (literally, “the person who prepares meals”)
* to process; to obtain (e.g. a visa/passport)
    辦證／办证 ― bànzhèng ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    辦戶口／办户口 ― bàn hùkǒu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* to set up; to run
* to bring to justice; to punish
    法辦／法办 ― fǎbàn ― to punish according to the law
    From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3rd century CE
    Jūn xìn kěrén, bì néng bàn zéi zhě yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1888, James Dyer Ball, Cantonese Made Easy, Hongkong: The 'China Mail' Office, page 12:
       jing$^1$ goi$^1$ baan$^6$ keoi$^5$ co$^5$ loeng$^5$ go$^3$ lai$^5$ baai$^3$ gaam$^1$ aa$^3$. [Jyutping]
       He ought to be sentenced to two weeks' imprisonment.
    From: 1907 CE, Liu E, The Travels of Lao Can
    Pìrú Yù tàizūn suǒ bàn de rén, dàyuē shí fēn zhōng jiǔ fēn bàn shì liángmín, bànfēn shì zhèxiē xiǎodào. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (only in compounds) Short for 辦公室／办公室 (bàngōngshì, “office”).
* (euphemistic) to kill off; to murder
    From: 2005 January, 丁和 (Ding He), 《雇凶杀好友,55万元买断厅级高干的生命》, in 《法制与经济》 [Legal and Economy], →ISSN, issue 2005(01), page 10
    Lǐ Kāi zhè rén tài huài, tài bàdào, rě jí le lǎozi zhǎo rén bǎ tā bàn le. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 2015 August 22, 刘振涛 (Liu Zhentao), 《阿P遭劫》, in 《故事会》, →ISSN, issue 590, page 60
    Guāngtóu déyìyángyáng: “Nǐ kàn bù chū ge méiyǎngāodī a? Qù bàn jǐge rén, nǐ xìn bù?” [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### Synonyms

* (to deal with):
* 作
* 做 (zuò)
* 妝／妆 ($^1$tsaon) (Wenzhounese)
* 幹／干
* 搞 (gǎo)
* 整治 (zhěngzhì)
* 物 (muêh$^8$) (Teochew)
* 變／变 (Hokkien)
* (to kill off):
* 刑 (xíng) (literary)
* 剿戮 (jiǎolù) (archaic)
* 屠宰 (túzǎi) (an animal for food)
* 屠戮 (túlù) (literary)
* 屠殺／屠杀 (túshā) (in large numbers)
* 慘殺／惨杀 (cǎnshā) (to kill in cold blood)
* 故意殺人／故意杀人 (gùyì shārén) (law, mainland China)
* 殘殺／残杀 (cánshā)
* 殛斃／殛毙 (jíbì) (literary)
* 殺／杀
* 殺人／杀人 (shārén) (to kill someone)
* 殺害／杀害 (shāhài)
* 殺戮／杀戮 (shālù) (literary)
* 殺死／杀死 (shāsǐ)
* 解決／解决 (jiějué) (euphemism)
* 誅殺／诛杀 (zhūshā) (literary)
* 謀殺／谋杀 (móushā)

#### Compounds

* 一手包辦／一手包办 (yīshǒubāobàn)
* 中聯辦／中联办 (Zhōngliánbàn)
* 主辦／主办 (zhǔbàn)
* 交辦／交办
* 代辦／代办 (dàibàn)
* 仿辦／仿办
* 偵辦／侦办 (zhēnbàn)
* 停辦／停办 (tíngbàn)
* 備辦／备办 (bèibàn)
* 催辦／催办 (cuībàn)
* 公事公辦／公事公办 (gōngshìgōngbàn)
* 公私皆辦／公私皆办
* 兼辦／兼办
* 創辦／创办 (chuàngbàn)
* 創辦人／创办人 (chuàngbànrén)
* 包辦／包办 (bāobàn)
* 協辦／协办 (xiébàn)
* 合辦／合办 (hébàn)
* 咄嗟便辦／咄嗟便办
* 咄嗟可辦／咄嗟可办
* 咄嗟而辦／咄嗟而办
* 嚴辦／严办 (yánbàn)
* 多多益辦／多多益办
* 夙辦／夙办
* 夥辦／伙办
* 好辦／好办
* 委辦／委办
* 安辦／安办
* 官商合辦／官商合办
* 官督商辦／官督商办
* 官辦／官办 (guānbàn)
* 幫辦／帮办 (bāngbàn)
* 幹辦／干办
* 怎麼辦／怎么办 (zěnmebàn)
* 懲辦／惩办 (chéngbàn)
* 批辦／批办
* 承辦／承办 (chéngbàn)
* 拿辦／拿办 (nábàn)
* 採辦／采办 (cǎibàn)
* 接辦／接办
* 措辦／措办
* 排辦／排办
* 擬辦／拟办
* 書辦／书办
* 查辦／查办 (chábàn)
* 核辦／核办
* 沒辦法／没办法 (méi bànfǎ)
* 治辦／治办
* 法辦／法办 (fǎbàn)
* 洽辦／洽办 (qiàbàn)
* 港澳辦／港澳办 (Gǎng'àobàn)
* 照辦／照办 (zhàobàn)
* 營辦／营办
* 申辦／申办 (shēnbàn)
* 看著辦／看著办
* 督辦／督办 (dūbàn)
* 礙難照辦／碍难照办
* 究辦／究办 (jiūbàn)
* 籌辦／筹办 (chóubàn)
* 經辦／经办 (jīngbàn)
* 總辦／总办
* 署辦／署办
* 置辦／置办 (zhìbàn)
* 老辦／老办
* 自有辦法／自有办法
* 興辦／兴办 (xīngbàn)
* 舉辦／举办 (jǔbàn)
* 訊辦／讯办
* 試辦／试办 (shìbàn)
* 買辦／买办 (mǎibàn)
* 購辦／购办
* 趕辦／赶办
* 辦不到／办不到 (bànbùdào)
* 辦事／办事 (bànshì)
* 辦事員／办事员 (bànshìyuán)
* 辦事細則／办事细则
* 辦事處／办事处 (bànshìchù)
* 辦人／办人
* 辦備／办备
* 辦公／办公 (bàngōng)
* 辦公室／办公室 (bàngōngshì)
* 辦公廳／办公厅 (bàngōngtīng)
* 辦公桌／办公桌 (bàngōngzhuō)
* 辦公處／办公处
* 辦到／办到
* 辦報／办报 (bànbào)
* 辦好／办好
* 辦妥／办妥 (bàntuǒ)
* 辦學／办学 (bànxué)
* 辦差／办差 (bànchāi)
* 辦心／办心
* 辦抽／办抽
* 辦案／办案 (bàn'àn)
* 辦桌／办桌 (bànzhuō)
* 辦法／办法 (bànfǎ)
* 辦理／办理 (bànlǐ)
* 辦稿／办稿
* 辦貨／办货 (bànhuò)
* 辦酒席／办酒席
* 迭辦／迭办
* 遵辦／遵办
* 重辦／重办
* 開辦／开办 (kāibàn)
* 開辦費／开办费
* 閱辦／阅办
* 靜辦／静办
* 革職查辦／革职查办

#### References

* “辦”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04106
* “Entry #11982”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): baan$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pān
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bang$^7$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baan$^2$
*** Yale: báan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baan$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ban$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːn³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pān
*** Tâi-lô: pān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pan²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pan³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bang$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pāng
*** Sinological IPA : /paŋ¹¹/

#### Definitions

辦
* (Cantonese, Southern Min) sample; specimen (Classifier: 個／个 c)
* (Cantonese) template

##### Synonyms

* (sample): 樣本／样本 (yàngběn), 樣品／样品 (yàngpǐn)

#### Compounds

* 人辦／人办
* 攞辦／𫽋办
* 有辦你睇／有办你睇
* 樣辦／样办
* 水辦／水办
* 照辦煮碗／照办煮碗
* 睇辦／睇办
* 貨不對辦／货不对办
* 貨辦／货办

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* manage
* do
* handle
* deal with

#### Readings

* Go-on: べん (ben)
* Kan-on: はん (han)
* Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru)

## Korean
### Hanja

辦 (eumhun 힘들일 판 (himdeuril pan))
* manage
* do
* handle
* deal with

### Hanja

辦 (eum 변 (byeon))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

辦: Hán Nôm readings: biện, bạn
* (only in compound biện pháp) chữ Hán form of biện (“to handle, to do; to prepare”).

#### References

* ↑ Trần (2004).