盆

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basin

HSK 5 N1

Objects →Containers

pén

ボン

분

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

Components

皿 dish+ 分 divide/minute =

盆 basin

皿 Meaning component

mǐn dish

shallow container

分 Phonetic component

fēn divide/minute

divide

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

盆

Regular

Modern

Chinese

盆 [pén]

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

Japanese

盆ぼん同音

noun

tray
family; household
abbrev. Obon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead
slang gambler's den

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

アイリーン・ペパーバーグが、アレックスと名づけたオウムの前で丸いお盆を持っている。

Irene Pepperberg holds a round tray in front of a parrot she has named Alex.

Japanese Names

盆すえさわ

Suesawa unclassified name

盆すえざわ

Suezawa unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (78)

growing plants in pots

盆腔 [pénqiāng] #31,848

倾盆大雨 [qīngpéndàyǔ] #23,120

a downpour

倾盆大雨 [qīngpéndàyǔ] #23,120

a downpour

盆景 [pénjǐng] #38,356

bonsai

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JAPANESE WORDS (57)

お盆 [おぼん] #11,939

Obon

⭐ 盆地 [ぼんち] #32,419

basin (e.g. between mountains)

⭐ 盆踊り [ぼんおどり] #38,348

Bon holidays (in mid-August)

盆と正月 [ぼんとしょうがつ] #77,073

the Bon Festival and New Year

覆水盆に返らず [ふくすいぼんにかえらず] #84,652

what's done is done

盂蘭盆 [うらぼん] #96,205

Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15)

和三盆 [わさんぼん] #101,367

refined Japanese sugar

円盆 [まるぼん] #105,754

round tray

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KOREAN WORDS (3)

flower pot; plant pot