伴

伴 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人火手 (OFQ), four-corner 2925₀, composition ⿰亻半)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 96, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 475
• Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 139, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4F34

Historical forms of the character 伴
Small seal script s05717 Transcribed ancient scripts L34680 L33538 L15886 L15887
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *baːnʔ, *baːns) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 半 (OC *paːns).

伴

1. companion
2. to accompany
3. a surname

Others:

• Tai Languages
  • Proto-Southwestern Tai
    • Thai: เพื่อน (pʉ̂ʉan, “companion, friend”)
      • → Khmer: ភឿន (phɨən, “companion, friend”)
      • → Northern Khmer: พฺืน (“companion, friend”)
    • Lao: ເພື່ອນ (phư̄an, “companion, friend”), ເພິ່ນ (phœn, “he, she, it, him, her”)
      • Isan: เพื่อน (“companion, friend”), เพิ่น (“he, she, it, him, her”)
    • Northern Thai: ᨻᩮᩬᩥ᩵ᩁ (“companion, friend”), ᨻᩮᩥ᩠᩵ᨶ (“he, she”)
    • Shan: ပိူၼ်ႈ (pōen)
    • Lü: ᦵᦗᦲᧃᧈ (poen¹, “he, she, friend”)
    • Tai Nüa: ᥙᥫᥢ (poen)

伴

1. ^† Used in 伴奐／伴奂 (pànhuàn, “relaxed; free; unrestrained”).
2. ^† Alternative form of 叛 (pàn, “to rebel”)

   • 氾潏潏其前後兮，伴張弛之信期 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     氾潏潏其前后兮，伴张弛之信期 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     fán yùyù qí qiánhòu xī, pàn zhāngchí zhī xìnqī [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “伴”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. consort

From Middle Chinese 伴 (MC banX); compare Mandarin 伴 (bàn):

• Go-on: ばん (ban, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 伴 (MC banH); compare Mandarin 伴 (pàn):

• Go-on: ばん (ban, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: ともなう (tomonau, 伴う, Jōyō)^{←ともなふ (tomonafu, 伴ふ, historical)}; とも (tomo, 伴)
• Nanori: すけ (suke); とも (tomo)

伴(ばん) • (Ban) 

1. a surname

From Middle Chinese 伴 (MC banX). Recorded as Middle Korean 반〯 (pǎn) (Yale: pan) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource 伴 (eumhun 짝 반 (jjak ban))

1. Hanja form^? of 반 (“companion”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

伴: Hán Việt readings: bạn[1][2]
伴: Nôm readings: bạn[1][2]

1. chữ Hán form of bạn (“friend”).