颁 bān to bestow
to bestow; to confer
怎么记住“颁”: 分 divide + 页 page = to bestow. The headmaster divides the medals among the winners, reads each name from the page, and is proud to bestow them.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
颁 = 分 divide + 页 page
- 分 divide sound
- 八 eight
- 刀 knife
- 页 page meaning
The headmaster divides the medals among the winners, reads each name from the page, and is proud to bestow them.
How it came to be
The head gives the meaning and the sign for divide the sound.
用法
- To issue/confer officially from above: 颁发 (bānfā) to award/issue (certificates, medals), 颁奖 (bānjiǎng) to present a prize, 颁布 (bānbù) to promulgate (a law).
- 颁布 is for laws/decrees; 颁发 for awards and documents, both are top-down official acts.
- Formal register: governments 颁布 regulations, committees 颁发 awards.