般

ba̅n = b + an1

sort / kind / class / way / manner

般 = 殳 + 舟 : Mnemonic symbol from 般雀·比拉多, Pontius Pilatus

In front of the anthill, Beelzebub is waiting for Pontius Pilatus to take him to hell with his yellow submarine. Pontius tries to defend himself with a halberd, but Beelzebub only laughs at him.

般

pán = p + an2

see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]

般 character breakdown

般
- 殳
  - 几
  - 又
    - ㇏
    - ㇇
- 舟
  - 丹
    - 亠
      - 一
      - 丶
    - ⺆
      - 丿
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
  - ⺀
    - 丶

殳

shu̅ = shu + Ø1

surname Shu

殳

shu̅ = shu + Ø1

bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc

殳 = 几 + 又 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu-) is practising his martial arts skills in front of the space station (-1). He's a specialist in the combined halberd (symbol for 殳) boxing style, and practises smashing tables (几) with his sucker punch (symbol for 又).

舟

zho̅u = zh + ou1

boat

舟 = 丹 + ⺀ : Mnemonic symbol: 舟 looks like the tower of a yellow submarine. In front of the outhouse (ou1), James II of England (zh) stands next to his yellow submarine (舟) and asks you: will you swallow the blossom (⺀) and continue your quiet life? Or will you swallow the red pill (丹) and follow him on his adventures in the submarine?

Characters with 般 as component

搬

ba̅n = b + an1

to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately

搬 = 扌 + 般 : Pontius Pilatus (般) has to move in (搬) with Beelzebub (b), but he doesn't want to. Beelzebub has to drag him out of the anthill (an1) with a toy claw (扌).

盘

盤

pán = p + an2

plate / dish / tray / board / hard drive (computing) / to build / to coil / to check / to examine / to transfer (property) / to make over / classifier for food: dish, helping / to coil / classifier for coils of wire / classifier for games of chess

盘 = 皿 + 舟 : Pinocchio (p) is working as kitchen helper for the crew of the yellow submarine (舟) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). On a tray (盘) he is carrying hundreds of shallow bowls (皿) of rice to the submarine.

磐

pán = p + an2

firm / stable / rock

槃

pán = p + an2

variant of 盤|盘 / wooden tray

瘢

ba̅n = b + an1

mark / scar on the skin

媻

pán = p + an2

to move