Kanji Detail for 皿 - "dish, plate"

皿

Jōyō Kanji
Kyōiku Kanji

JLPT N2

ES grade 3

Meaning

皿 means "dish, plate."
1. Plate - A dish for serving food.
2. Dish - A shallow container; a serving vessel.
3. Counter - A unit for counting plates or servings.
Words using 皿
- 受け皿うけざら saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds)
- 灰皿はいざら ashtray
Tattoo check: 皿
- Verified meaning: dish, plate
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

dish; a helping; plate

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

shallow container; rad. no. 108

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container; radical no. 108

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

dish, vessel; shallow container

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Vessels. Plates and bowls and such.
Onyomi

bei(ベイ)
Kunyomi

sara(さら)
Strokes

5 strokes
Radical

皿 (sara)
Related Keywords

dish plate bowl platter saucer tableware ceramic porcelain crockery flat shallow dinnerware serving vessel pottery container