BAN

Many characters spoken 'ban' contain as sound-determining element: 反 = fan(3) = reverse

ban(1)

班 = shift (in a factory)

Usually encountered as:

上班 = shang(4)ban(1) = go to work

下班 = xia(4)ban(1) = go home from work

ban(2)

ban(3)

板 = board (flat piece of hard material)

地板 = di(4)ban(3) = floor (of a room or building)

*****

板 = (not related to the previous 板 and with no independent meaning)

老板 = lao(3)ban(3) = boss

*****

版 = edition, printing plate

盗版 = dao(4)ban(3) = pirated edition

正版 = zheng(1)ban(3) = lit. honest edition

ban(4)

办 = to handle

Commonly heard is:

办公室 = ban(4)gong(1)shi(4) = office

办 is not to be confused with 为 = wei(4)= because

因为 = yin(1)wei(4) = because

*****

半 = half

Not to  be confused with:

平 =  ping(2) = peacefull

伴 = partner

Cross sounds with other Asian languanges:

Thai: ban = home; glab ban = go home

Indonesian: ban = tyre