Chinese Character 盤 Meanings and components.

Form

盤

Meaning

盤 meaning[3] in English

Plate.

Dish.

Tray.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 盤 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are sort (般) , and dish (皿)

Its radical[1] is: 皿 (min3) which means: Dish, Vessel, Shallow Container, Rad. No. 108, .皿min3dish

In cangjie it is written with HEBT

How to write 盤

To write盤pan2plate you should write a combination of 般ban1sort , 皿min3dish arranged in a 吕 shape:

般 + 皿 = 盤

盤 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 盤 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 盤, looks as follow:

盤
Pinyin:pan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Plate . Dish . Tray . Board . Hard Drive (Computing) . To Build . To Coil . To Check . To Examine . To Transfer (Property) . To Make Over . Classifier For Food: Dish, Helping . To Coil . Classifier For Coils Of Wire . Classifier For Games Of Chess
般
Pinyin:ban1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sort . Kind . Class . Way . Manner
舟
Pinyin:zhou1
Meaning[3]: Boat
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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