(pán)

HSK 411 strokesTrad.

tray

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
pán
Meaning
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)
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿱舟皿

In this compound, the meaning comes from (dish); supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

guāngpán
HSK 4

compact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM

Open 光盘 page →
zhōngpán

middle game (in go or chess); (share trading) mid-session; (abbr. for 中盤商|中…

Open 中盘 page →
tíngpán

to suspend trading (stock market)

Open 停盘 page →
yōupán

USB flash drive

Open 优盘 page →

lit. like a sheet of loose sand

Open 一盘散沙 page →

Liupan Mountains, mountain range in northern China

Open 六盘山 page →

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