Chinese Character Wiki

盆

pén

basin

Phonosemantic compound. 皿 represents the meaning and 分 represents the sound.

Components
皿 meaning component

皿  Meaning component

mǐn

  

dish

分 sound component

分  Sound component

fēn, fèn

  

divide

Evolution

盆 Bronze script Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
盆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
盆 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
盆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

盆  

pén

basin, tub, pot, bowl; basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dǒu] and 8 升[shēng], approx 128 liters; CL:個|个[gè]

Most common words with 盆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

盆

basin

浴盆

bathtub

盆地

depression

骨盆

pelvis

盆栽

Japanese: bonsai

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

湓

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ˤə[n]

bwon

pén

bowl, basin


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 6.3591% of movies

2287th most common character in movies

2035th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+76C6

Shuowen

“盆，盎也。从皿，分聲。”


This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Creative Commons License