“班”如今是军中最基层的一级组织和战术小分队,通常隶属于排,按任务和装备等,又有步兵班、工兵班、通信班、汽车班和炊事班等之分。此外,班也是学校和厂矿企业中最基层的组织名称。但“班”之初义,却与军队和教育都无关系,而是一个与玉有关的动词。从字形上看,“班”字古今并无多大变化,许慎析为“从刀 Class is now the most basic organization and tactical unit in the military. It is usually subordinated to a platoon, divided by infantry classes, engineers’ classes, communication classes, car classes and cooking classes . In addition, classes are also the names of the most basic organizations in schools and factories and mines. However, the original meaning of ”class“ has nothing to do with the army and education, but rather a jade-related verb. From the glyph point of view, ”class “ word has not changed much from ancient to modern times, Xu Shen analysis as ”from the knife