JLPT N1 · 15 strokes
Kanji 盤: "tray, shallow bowl, platter"
The kanji 盤 means "tray, shallow bowl, platter, tub, board, phonograph record". It is written with 15 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read バン in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
バン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | tray, shallow bowl, platter, tub, board, phonograph record |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 15 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 881 of 2,501 |
Common words with 盤
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 盤board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.) · (phonograph) record; disc; disk
- 基盤base; basis; foundation; footing · bedrock
- 終盤endgame; final stage
- 序盤opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.) · early stages; initial phase; outset
- 地盤ground; crust (earth); bed (gravel, river, etc.) · foundation (building, etc.); base
- 円盤disk; discus; platter · flying saucer
- 中盤middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midpoint · midfield (in soccer)
- 岩盤bedrock
- 盤石huge rock · firmness; solidity
- 鍵盤keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)
- 盤面surface of a board (shogi, go, etc.); (state of) the board; development of a game · surface of a record
- 盤上on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
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