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盤

Tray
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingバン
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 38

Meanings

  1. trayRtK
  2. board
  3. phonograph record
  4. platter
  5. shallow bowl
  6. tub
  1. board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.)
  2. (phonograph) record
  3. disc
  4. disk

Homonyms

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Same reading (ばん)
晩 · evening番 · number (in a series)

Popular Usage

基盤地盤算盤

Radicals and components

Radical皿dish
Components
How it's built
盤
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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carrier · boat · cruise missile · missile · wind (風) · crotch · dish (皿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2017

Compound words

基盤きばん
base; basis; foundation; footing; infrastructure
地盤じばん
ground; crust (earth); bed (gravel, river, etc.); foundation (building, etc.); base
算盤そろばん
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
円盤えんばん
disk; discus; platter; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
岩盤がんばん
bedrock
鍵盤けんばん
keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)
碁盤ごばん
Go board
終盤しゅうばん
endgame; final stage
序盤じょばん
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
胎盤たいばん
placenta
中盤ちゅうばん
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midpoint; midfield (in soccer)
羅針盤らしんばん
compass
音盤おんばん
phonograph record
盤渉ばんしき
10th note of ancient chromatic scale (approx. B)
盤谷バンコク
Bangkok (Thailand)
盤秤さらばかり
balance
盤面ばんめん
game board surface
盤踞ばんきょ
becoming firmly established
円盤状えんばんじょう
disk-shaped
円盤投えんばんなげ
discus throw
研削盤けんさくばん
grinder
碁盤縞ごばんじま
check
将棋盤しょうぎばん
shogi board
中刳盤なかぐりばん
boring machine

On Reading Examples

チェッカー盤の黒と白の枡は交互に並んでいる。ばん
The black and white squares on a checker board are arranged alternately.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼の指はすばやく鍵盤の上を走った。
His fingers ran swiftly over the keys.tatoeba
日記が彼女が後に書いた本の基盤となった。
Her diaries formed the basis of the book she later wrote.tatoeba
自由諸国の基盤は民主主義である。
The foundation of free nations is democracy.tatoeba
私は、この羅針盤の使い方を知りません。
I don't know how to use this compass.tatoeba

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Tray, board, base. 般 (a boat 舟 being rowed) + dish 皿 — a wide flat vessel; also a go or shogi board.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 盤

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step