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盤 — Tray

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary school#881 most used
tray, shallow bowl, platter, tub, board, phonograph record
On’yomiバン (ban)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (15 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

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

WordReadingMeaning
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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