办

bàn

to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event)

to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])

divide (八) + effort (力) = get things handled

力 drives the meaning: applying force or effort to accomplish a task. 八 is phonetic here, lending the bàn sound rather than the idea of division.

力+八→办
八EightPhonetic
力StrengthSemantic

这件事你去办一下吧。

zhè jiàn shì nǐ qù bàn yī xià ba。

Go take care of this matter.

他们打算办一个小型的展览。

tā men dǎ suàn bàn yī gè xiǎo xíng de zhǎn lǎn。

They plan to organize a small exhibition.

Words with 办

办公厅

bàn gōng tīng

general office

帮办

bāng bàn

assist in managing

怎么办

zěn me bàn

what's to be done

主办

zhǔ bàn

to organize

国台办

guó tái bàn

Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (abbr. for 國務院台灣事務辦公室|国务院台湾事务办公室[Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Tai2 wan1 Shi4 wu4 Ban4 gong1 shi4])

筹办

chóu bàn

to arrange; to make preparations

补办

bǔ bàn

to do sth after the time it should have been done

包办

bāo bàn

to undertake to do everything by oneself

交办

jiāo bàn

to assign (a task to sb)

办法

bàn fǎ

way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem

买办

mǎi bàn

comprador

遵办

zūn bàn

to handle in accordance with (the rules)

More characters with 力

劫仂劣劬伤劭为务