Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Script (wén) Pronounced ban Page 477, Entry 12 According to the Broad Rhymes of Guangyun (Guangyun), it is pronounced ban. According to the Collected Rhymes of Jiyun (Jiyun) and the Correct Rhymes of Zhengyun (Zhengyun), it is also pronounced ban. Banlan refers to colors that are not pure. Sometimes written in a variant form. Also written as bin.