dailycharacter

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Pronunciation: pán
Meaning: plate/dish, to examine
Etymology:
Movable 般 (also phonetic) serving vessel 皿. (associative/phono-semantic compound). Simplified character simplifies by dropping the 殳 part of 般.

Traditional character: 盤

Found in:
Li Bai's 宿五松山荀媪家
Li Shen's 悯农

Word of the day on: 06.07.08