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Kanji Detail for 盤 - "board, plate, base"

  • Meaning

    盤 means "board, plate, base."

    1. Bowl - Dish; large plate; basin.

    2. Platform - A stand for placing things.

    3. Large rock - A big boulder.

    4. To coil - To circle; to wind; to curl up; to meander.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tray; shallow bowl; platter; tub; board; phonograph record

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    tray, plate, dish; examine

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tray, plate, dish; to examine

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

    A vessel for holding things. Originally written as 槃. Made of wood. | A vessel for bathing. Anciently also called 盤. Tang's inscription on the basin. Seen in (Great Learning). Like today's face basin. | 盤桓. Not advancing. Hence friends lingering in conversation without leaving is also called 盤桓. | 盤旋. To circle around, gaining momentum, going and returning. Such as making a horse circle before galloping is called 盤馬. | The overall situation of a matter is called 盤. Such as saying 通盤籌畫 (planning overall), 和盤托出 (reveal everything) and such. | Checking goods is called 盤. Hence when shops invite people to take over is called 召盤. | Colloquially, the price in buying and selling is called 盤. Such as 開盤 (opening price), 收盤 (closing price). | Investigating the cause of a matter is called 盤. Such as 盤詰 (interrogate), 盤問 (question). | Same as 般. Joy. 盤遊無度 (indulging in pleasure without limit). Seen in (Book of Documents). | Same as 磐. 磐石 (massive rock). Also written as 盤石. Seen in (Book of Han).
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