盆
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basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters; CL:個|个[ge4]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 皿 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 盆
- Common rank
- #1,302
- Unicode
- U+76C6
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
basin · Heisig RSH #2495
分 part + dish
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 盆
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塔里木盆地 | Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang | |
| 费尔干纳盆地 | the Ferghana Valley in modern Uzbekistan | |
| 四大盆地 | four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地… | |
| 血盆大口 | bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey; … | |
| 二连盆地 | Erlian Basin in Inner Mongolia | |
| 金盆洗手 | lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom); fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw | |
| 四川盆地 | Sichuan basin | |
| 夜盆儿 | chamber pot | |
| 柴达木盆地 | Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Ti… | |
| 洗手盆 | bathroom sink; wash basin | |
| 盆子 | basin | |
| 水盆 | basin | |
| 骨盆底 | pelvic floor (anatomy) | |
| 盆地 | (geography) basin; depression | |
| 盆花 | potted flower | |
| 花盆 | flower pot | |
| 火盆 | brazier; fire pan; hibachi | |
| 台盆 | washbasin | |
| 倾盆大雨 | (idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down | |
| 大雨倾盆 | see 傾盆大雨|倾盆大雨[qing1 pen2 da4 yu3] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 分 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分 sound part | to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity | |
| 粉 | powder, flour, cosmetic powder; plaster | |
| 芬 | aroma, fragrance, perfume | |
| 纷 | tangled, scattered; numerous, confused | |
| 扮 | costume, disguise; to dress up | |
| 盼 | to look, to gaze; to expect, to hope for | |
| 酚 | carbolic acid; phenol | |
| 汾 | a river in Shanxi province | |
| 忿 | anger, fury; exasperation | |
| 吩 | to order, to command; to instruct | |
| 氛 | air; atmosphere | |
| 玢 | (archaic) a kind of jade, porphyrite | |
| 棻 | sandalwood | |
| 棼 | rafters; disordered, confused | |
| 邠 | a county in Shaanxi province | |
| 鼢 | a variety of mole | |
| 坌 | dust; earth; river bank; to dig; to unite |