• 一般的いっぱんてき — general; typical
• 全般ぜんぱん — across the board; the whole field
• 諸般しょはん — various; all sorts of
• 般若はんにゃ — prajna; profound wisdom (also Noh “Hannya” mask)
• 般若心経はんにゃしんぎょう — Heart Sutra
• 万般ばんぱん — every kind; all matters

般ハン combines the boat 舟ふね with a hand/weapon element (たたく意の殳しゅ) — picturing a boat being pushed along with an oar. From the idea of “moving around / going about,” it broadened to mean “kinds; in general,” as in 一いっ般ぱん and 全ぜん般ぱん.

Think of a small boat（舟）circling a lake, tapping the water with its oar to move. As it “goes about,” it meets all kinds of things — that’s the feel of 般. It also appears in 般若（はんにゃ）, a phonetic borrowing of “prajñā,” meaning deep wisdom. The famous 般若心経 carries that wisdom across like a boat, while the Noh 般若面 shows how wisdom sees through raging emotions.