版

版 (Kangxi radical 91, 片+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中中竹水 (LLHE) or 中弓竹水 (LNHE) or X中弓竹水 (XLNHE), four-corner 2104₇ or 2204₇, composition ⿰片反)

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• KangXi: 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

Historical forms of the character 版
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *praːnʔ) : semantic 片 + phonetic 反 (OC *panʔ, *pʰan).

版

1. plank; formwork (wooden slabs used for molding in rammed earth construction)

   • 舜發於畎畝之中，傅說舉於版築之間。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     舜发于畎亩之中，傅说举于版筑之间。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th 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.

   • 引汾水灌其城，城不浸者三版。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     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.

2. (printing) printing blocks; form

   銅版／铜版  ―  tóngbǎn  ―  copperplate

   活字版  ―  huózì bǎn  ―  movable type form

3. (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")

   㨴去本書尾二嗰版。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   㨴去本书尾二嗰版。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   kin² heoi³ bun² syu¹ mei^5-1 ji^6-2 go² baan². [Jyutping]

   Turn to the second last page of the book.

4. (by extension) edition; version

   英文版  ―  yīngwénbǎn  ―  English edition

   行動版／行动版  ―  xíngdòngbǎn  ―  mobile version (of web pages)

5. (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

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. printing blocks
2. edition, version
3. revision

• 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)

版(ばん) • (-ban) 

1. 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

版 • (pan) (hangeul 판, revised pan, McCune–Reischauer p'an, Yale phan)

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版: Hán Nôm readings: bản, bảng, bỡn, phản, ván

1. copy, edition

• 出版 (xuất bản)
• 版圖 (bản đồ)

• Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese equivalent is bản.

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