搬 means “carry, transport”

はん · han

Also: conveyor

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ハン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

A hand (扌) beside 般, a boat (舟) and a hand with a pole (殳): picture freight heaved onto a barge. 搬 is moving heavy loads: the news says the injured were 病院に搬送された, rushed to hospital, and halls have a 搬入口, a loading entrance.

Used in 搬送 (hansou, transport, as to hospital), 運搬 (unpan, transport/haulage), and 搬入 (hannyuu, carrying in)

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• 循 circulate
• 旋 revolve
• 迭 replace
• 遷 move
• 遡 go upstream
• 臨 face
• 還 return
• 至 reach
• 滞 stagnate
• 沿 run along
• 巡 go around
• 往 go

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.