搬

音読おんよみ: ハン

訓読くんよみ: はこ

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: 扌(てへん)

Meaning

Carry / Transport / Convey

  • 運搬うんぱん — transport; carriage
  • 搬入はんにゅう — bringing in; loading in
  • 搬出はんしゅつ — carrying out; loading out
  • 搬送はんそう — conveyance; medical transport
  • 手搬しゅはん — manual carrying (technical)

combines the hand radical with (a phonetic that also hints at “moving things along”). Picture hands shifting a load from place to place—perfect for “carry / transport.”

Think of 運搬(うんぱん)—workers carrying boxes off a truck into a shop. The “hand” on the left does the work; the right side supplies the motion. Whenever you see goods being moved, is the character doing the heavy lifting.

搬送
Appears in
搬送はんそう — conveyance; (medical) transport
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