The kanji 搬 (han) fundamentally means "to carry," "to transport," or "to move" something from one place to another. It implies a physical act of shifting an object, often over a distance. This includes the transfer of goods, luggage, or other items.

・On-yomi (音読み): ハン(han) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): はこ(ぶ)(hako(bu))

⚫︎引越しで荷物を搬出する。 Translation: To carry the luggage out during a house move. ⚫︎製品を工場から倉庫に搬送する。 Translation: To transport the product from the factory to the warehouse. ⚫︎救急車は負傷者を病院に搬送した。 Translation: The ambulance transported the injured person to the hospital.

The kanji 搬 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). ⚫︎The left side is the radical 扌 (てへん, tehen) which means "hand," indicating an action related to hand movement. ⚫︎The right side is 般 (han), which contributes the sound and has the meaning of "general" or "to move." ⚫︎Therefore, the combination suggests the act of using hands to move or transport something in a general way. The character depicts the action of carrying, conveying, and moving objects with one's hands.