班级
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
班级 (bānjí) · class (of students)
班级 (bānjí) means “class (of students); grade”. It is written with 2 characters: 班 (class) + 级 (level). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 班级 is built
The characters
班 bān · class
What 班 is made of
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 刂dāo — knife
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: Cutting 刂 a piece of jade 王 in two, symbolizing two classes (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
级 jí · level
What 级 is made of
- 纟sī — silk
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 及jí — to extend
- 又yòu — (once) again
Origin hint: 纟 gives the meaning, 及 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我们班级有四十个学生。Wǒmen bānjí yǒu sìshí ge xuésheng.Our class has forty students.
你在哪个班级？Nǐ zài nǎge bānjí?Which class are you in?
Questions about 班级
What does 班级 mean?
班级 (bānjí) means “class (of students); grade”.
How do you pronounce 班级?
班级 is pronounced bānjí.
Which HSK level is 班级?
班级 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 上班shàngbānto go to work
- 下班xiàbānto finish work
- 班长bānzhǎngclass monitor
- 航班hángbānflight
- 加班jiābānto work overtime
- 培训班péixùnbāntraining class
- 值班zhíbānto be on duty
- 班bānclass
- 高级gāojíadvanced
- 年级niánjígrade
Learn 班级 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 11: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.