版

bǎn

printing blocks; edition

How to write 版, stroke by stroke

a register; block of printing; edition; version; page

Pictophonetic: semantic 片 (page), phonetic 反

Made of 片 + 反

版本bǎn běnversion; edition; release
出版chū bǎnto publish
出版社chū bǎn shèpublishing house
版权bǎn quáncopyright
正版zhèng bǎngenuine; legal; see also 盗版
出版商chū bǎn shāngpublisher
头版tóu bǎn(newspaper's) front page
盗版dào bǎnpirated; illegal; see also 正版
版面bǎn miànpage of a publication (e.g. newspaper or website); printing space (reserved for some content); page layout
翻版fān bǎnto reprint; reproduction; pirate copy; (fig.) imitation; carbon copy; clone
版图bǎn túdomain; territory
新版xīn bǎnnew edition; new version

这本书明年要出版。
zhè běn shū míng nián yào chū bǎn 。
This book will be printed next year.
此输入法也适用于这个版本。
cǐ shū rù fǎ yě shì yòng yú zhè ge bǎn běn 。
The input method also works with this version.
那本书还拥有版权。
nà běn shū hái yōng yǒu bǎn quán 。
This book is still copyrighted.
我听过这首歌的法语版。
wǒ tīng guò zhè shǒu gē de fǎ yǔ bǎn 。
I heard the song sung in French.
你真的不该用盗版软件。
nǐ zhēn de bù gāi yòng dào bǎn ruǎn jiàn 。
You really shouldn't use pirated software.