Answer revealed, 搬 was created in place of 般 for its original meaning: "move / transport (people or goods) by boat", by adding another hand (手 transformed to 扌as Chinese Radical) to 般. So now you would not be surprised that 搬 pronounces exactly the same as 般.
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| 搬 |
Evolution history of 搬 has been shown below: (image taken from http://chinese-linguipedia.org)
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| Learn one Chinese Character a day - 搬 |
Seal Script 
has the extra 手 added below 般, while its Clerical Script 
has already changed to 扌which was put on the left side to 般.
has the extra 手 added below 般, while its Clerical Script has already changed to 扌which was put on the left side to 般.
So 搬 means to move (things around). And it is eventually extended to mean to move or stir up anything. For example: 搬弄是非 which means "stir up to sow discord among people".
That is it. Now time for us to enjoy its Chinese calligraphy:
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| 运水搬柴皆是道，行住坐卧均为禅 |
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