板 — Chinese character
板
bǎn
board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
- Pinyin
- bǎn
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 木 反
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wood; meaning component 木; sound component 反
- Traditional
- 闆
- Japanese
- 板 as a kanji
Common words with 板
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | variant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn) |
| 老板 (老闆) | lǎo bǎn | boss; proprietor |
| 地板 | dì bǎn | floor |
| 板块 (板塊) | bǎn kuài | slab; (geology) tectonic plate |
| 平板 | píng bǎn | slab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate; flat; level |
| 甲板 | jiǎ bǎn | deck (of a ship or boat) |
| 篮板 (籃板) | lán bǎn | backboard |
| 天花板 | tiān huā bǎn | ceiling (of a room); (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field) |
| 模板 | mú bǎn | template; (architecture) formwork |
| 木板 | mù bǎn | slab; board |
| 面板 | miàn bǎn | panel; faceplate |
| 面板 (麵板) | miàn bǎn | board for making noodles or kneading bread dough |
English words written with 板
板 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.