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pán

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pán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pán | pan2
English translation
tray, plate, dish; to examine

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About pán

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

pán

Contains the radical

mǐn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

dish

Etymology of pán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

般皿

Semantic compound

mǐn

Phonetic compound

bān

Explanation

Simplified form of pán . Phonosemantic compound. mǐn represents the meaning and bān represents the sound.

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Words with pán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
pán plate pán
地盘 dì pán domain地盤
盘子 pánzi tray盤子
硬盘 yìng pán hard disk硬盤
键盘 jiànpán keyboard鍵盤
收盘 shōu pán market close收盤
盘问 pán wèn to interrogate盤問
方向盘 fāng xiàng pán steering wheel方向盤
开盘 kāi pán to commence trading (stock market)開盤
盘旋 pánxuán to spiral盤旋
光盘 guāngpán compact disc光盤
全盘 quán pán overall全盤
转盘 zhuàn pán turntable轉盤
底盘 dǐ pán chassis底盤
盘算 pán suàn to plot盤算
胎盘 tāi pán placenta胎盤
棋盘 qí pán chessboard棋盤
盘点 pán diǎn to take stock盤點
收盘价 shōu pán jià closing price (of share, commodity etc)收盤價
托盘 tuō pán tray托盤
磁盘 cí pán (computer) disk磁盤
圆盘 yuán pán disk圓盤
罗盘 luó pán compass羅盤
算盘 suàn pán abacus算盤
仪表盘 yí biǎo pán dashboard儀表盤

pán Decomposition & Compounds

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