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盤

盤 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. おおざら。大きい皿。
  2. 底板。
  3. 皿の形をした。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「皿」 + 音符「般」。「おおざら」を意味する漢語｛盤｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

tray, shallow bowl, platter, tub, board, phonograph record

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • バンJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • ち
  • わ
Other languages
  • 拼音pan2
  • 한글ban
  • Hán-ViệtBàn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
皿(さら)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+76E4

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱般皿

Words using this kanji

  • 盤ばん（バン）の形をした。 （バン）ディスク。円盤型記憶媒体。board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.), (phonograph) record, disc, disk
  • 盤面ばんめん囲碁や将棋などの盤の表面。また、その勝負の局面。 レコードなど盤のようなものの表面。surface of a board (shogi, go, etc.), (state of) the board, development of a game, surface of a record
  • 盤石ばんじゃく大きな岩石。 非常に堅固で安定していること。huge rock, firmness, solidity
  • 盤根ばんこん曲がり、だ根。 処理するのに困難を要する事案。entwined roots
  • 盤台はんだい魚を運搬するための浅い楕円形の盥。oval tub or tray used in fish shops
  • 盤領まるえりround collar (of traditional Japanese clothing)
  • 盤渉ばんしき(in Japan) 10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B)
  • 盤古ばんこ古代中国で天地を創造したとされる天子。 太古。大昔。Pangu
  • 盤割ばんかつdiscoidal cleavage
  • 盤上ばんじょう盤の上。 囲碁や将棋、すごろくなど、盤の上で行う遊び。on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
  • 盤質ばんしつgramophone record quality
  • 盤外ばんがいoff the board (go, shogi, etc.)
  • 盤層ばんそうpan, hardpan
  • 盤渉調ばんしきちょうbanshiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
  • 盤竜類ばんりゅうるいpelycosaurs
  • 盤竜目ばんりゅうもくPelycosauria (order of primitive synapsids, now considered to be paraphyletic)
  • 盤双六ばんすごろくban-sugoroku
  • 盤根錯節ばんこんさくせつhard-to-penetrate event, hard-to-penetrate situation

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-10-5
Four Corner
2710.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5h10.2
Heisig
2017
Nelson
3122