bān

to promulgate

to send out; to issue; to grant or confer

divide (分) + authority head (页) = officially issue or confer

页 originally meant a head or page, representing a person of authority. To distribute (分) from a head of authority is to officially issue or confer something.

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To divideSemantic
Originally depicted a human headSemantic

学校发了一张证书给他。

xuéxiào bān fā le yī zhāng zhèngshū gěi tā。

The school issued a certificate to him.

政府布了一项新的法律。

zhèngfǔ bān bù le yī xiàng xīn de fǎlǜ。

The government promulgated a new law.

Words with 颁

颁示

bān shì

to make public

颁给

bān gěi

to award

颁行

bān xíng

issue for enforcement

颁赐

bān cì

to award (a medal etc)

颁赏

bān shǎng

to bestow a prize or reward

颁发

bān fā

to issue

颁布

bān bù

to issue

颁授

bān shòu

to confer (e.g. a diploma); to award

颁奖

bān jiǎng

to confer an award

颁白

bān bái

variant of 斑白[ban1 bai2]

More characters with 分

忿