bān
to promulgate
to send out; to issue; to grant or confer
页 originally meant a head or page, representing a person of authority. To distribute (分) from a head of authority is to officially issue or confer something.
学校颁发了一张证书给他。
xuéxiào bān fā le yī zhāng zhèngshū gěi tā。
The school issued a certificate to him.
政府颁布了一项新的法律。
zhèngfǔ bān bù le yī xiàng xīn de fǎlǜ。
The government promulgated a new law.
颁示
bān shì
to make public
颁给
bān gěi
to award
颁行
bān xíng
issue for enforcement
颁赐
bān cì
to award (a medal etc)
颁赏
bān shǎng
to bestow a prize or reward
颁发
bān fā
to issue
颁布
bān bù
颁授
bān shòu
to confer (e.g. a diploma); to award
颁奖
bān jiǎng
to confer an award
颁白
bān bái
variant of 斑白[ban1 bai2]