Zi:办

办(F​辦) [bàn] do, handle/manage; 办​法 bànfǎ method; 办​公​室 bàngōngshì office

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The simple-form character 办 (4 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character ​辦 (16 strokes), replacing the outer full-form component ​辡 (14 strokes) with the a shape like ​八 (2 strokes).
    Note: The simple form 办 enlarges the central component ​力 of the full form ​辦, and the outer full-form component ​辡⿰​辛​辛 is abbrev. to just two dots (one for each ​辛).
    The full-form character ​辦 bàn ‘handle/do’ combines ​力 (lì) ‘strength’ (as in ​致​力 ‘devote oneself to sth.’), and ​辡 biàn ‘quarrel/struggle among thieves’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. ​辨(​辧), and also ​辩/​辯.
    Note: Formerly wr. ​辨(​辧), with ​刂(​刀 dāo) instead of ​力 (lì); formerly also wr. ​辩/​辯, with ​讠/​言 (yán) ‘direct speech’.
    Compare: ​班(​𤤻) bān ‘work’ (​上​班 ‘go to work’).
    Compare: ​协/​協(​恊) xié ‘cooperate’, ​胁/​脅 xié ‘side’, in which 办 is short for ​劦, replacing ​𠠴 (two of the ​力 parts) with two strokes (like ​八).
    Compare: ​苏/​蘇 sū ‘purple perilla (Perilla frutescens)’, in which 办 is short for ​穌
    Compare: ​为/​為(​爲) wèi/wéi ‘for/do’.
►references: Karlgren:AD734; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.365.6; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:011.0.09; EDOC:0
►components: ​力​八​
►Cantonese: baahn-
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Unicode: U+529E
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