pán

tray

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
皿 meaning component

  Meaning component

mǐn

  

dish

般 sound component

  Sound component

bānpán

  

sort

Evolution

盤 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
盤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
盤 Clerical script Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)

Clerical script

Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
盤 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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pán

tray, plate, dish; examine; 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; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess

Most common words with 盤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

plate

地盘

domain

盘子

tray

硬盘

hard disk

键盘

keyboard