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Kanji Detail for 板 - "board, plank, wood"
板
- Meaning
板 means "board, plank, wood."
Board - A flat piece of wood.
Plank - A long, flat piece of timber.
Printing block - A carved woodblock for printing.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
plank; board; plate; stage
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
plank, board; iron or tin plate
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A flat piece of wood. | Any thin flat object is called 板. Such as 銅板 (copper plate), 鐵板 (iron plate). Ancients called the ivory tablet 手板. Imperial decrees were called 詔板. Same meaning. | 板板: Unsettled, turbulent. The "Ban" and "Dang" poems in the Greater Odes of "Book of Odes" were written because the Zhou dynasty was in great turmoil. 蕩 means lawless chaos. Hence national disorder is called 板蕩. | Colloquially, inflexibility is called 板. Such as 呆板 (rigid), 古板 (old-fashioned). | Printing blocks are called 板. Such as 原板 (original edition), 翻板 (reprint). | 拍板: A percussion instrument used for rhythm in songs. Hence rhythm is called 板. Such as 腔板 (tune and rhythm), 板眼 (beat). | Flogging is called 板, colloquially called 小板子 (small paddle). A type of punishment implement.
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Sentences including 板
There's a big sign.
Look at the blackboard.
Look at the blackboard , everyone.
床は板でできている。
The floor is made of boards.
I'll write it on the blackboard.
The teacher wrote his name on the blackboard.
Let's set up a sign here.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
その代り私は薄い板で造った足の畳み込める華奢な食卓を奥さんに寄附しました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
すると老婆は、松の木片を、床板の間に挿して、それから、今まで眺めていた死骸の首に両手をかけると、丁度、猿の親が猿の子の虱をとるように、その長い髪の毛を一本ずつ抜きはじめた。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
その代り私は薄い板で造った足の畳み込める華奢な食卓を奥さんに寄附しました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha