盤
盤 — Tray
tray, shallow bowl, platter, tub, board, phonograph record
On’yomiバン (ban)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 盤
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 基盤 | きばん kiban | base; basis; foundation |
| 終盤 | しゅうばん shuuban | endgame; final stage |
| 中盤 | ちゅうばん chuuban | middle stage; middle phase; middle game |
| 地盤 | じばん jiban | ground; crust (earth); bed (gravel, river, etc.) |
| 序盤 | じょばん joban | opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase |
| 円盤 | えんばん enban | disk; discus; platter |
Study notes
盤 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #881 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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