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盆

basin
Stroke count: 9

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. basinRtK
    日本人は、お盆の間先祖が自分達のところにやってきていると信じている。During O-bon, Japanese people believe they receive a visit from an ancestor.tatoeba
    諺に、覆水盆に返らずと言う。The proverb says that what is done cannot be undone.tatoeba
  2. lantern festival
  3. tray
  1. family
  2. household
  3. obon
  4. bon Festival

Synonyms

盂蘭盆

Homonyms

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Same reading (ぼん)
凡 · ordinary

Radicals and components

Radical皿dish
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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part · eight (八) · sword (刀) · dagger (刀) · dish (皿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1557

Compound words

お盆おぼん
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
盆栽ぼんさい
bonsai; miniature potted plant
盆地ぼんち
basin (e.g. between mountains)
盆踊りぼんおどり
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
円盆まるぼん
round tray
丸盆まるぼん
round tray
旧盆きゅうぼん
Bon Festival of the lunar calendar
御盆おぼん
Obon
盆画ぼんが
tray landscape
盆景ぼんけい
miniature garden
盆踊ぼんおどり
Bon Festival dance
盆の窪ぼんのくぼ
hollow at nape of the neck
盆茣蓙ぼんござ
gambling mat (for dice games)
盂蘭盆うらぼん
Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15)
盆踊り歌ぼんおどりうた
Bon Festival dance song
盂蘭盆会うらぼんえ
Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15)
盂蘭盆経うらぼんきょう
Ullambana Sutra
覆水盆に帰らずふくすいぼんにかえらず
what's done is done
覆水盆に返らずふくすいぼんにかえらず
what's done is done

Additional Examples

諺に、覆水盆に返らずと言う。
The proverb says that what is done cannot be undone.tatoeba
河川の盆地には普通肥沃な農地がある。
The basin of a river usually has rich farmland.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 盆

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