瓣 — Chinese character
瓣
bàn
petal; segment; valve
- Pinyin
- bàn
- Radical
- 97 ⽠ (Melon)
- Strokes
- 19
- Components
- 辛 瓜 辛
- Formation
- pictophonetic — melon; meaning component 瓜; sound component 辡
- Japanese
- 瓣 as a kanji
Common words with 瓣
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 豆瓣 | dòu bàn | cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea); thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣酱 (dòu bàn jiàng)) |
| 花瓣 | huā bàn | petal; measure word: 片 (piàn) |
| 瓣膜 | bàn mó | valve (biological) |
| 二尖瓣 | èr jiān bàn | mitral valve (physiology) |
| 豆瓣酱 (豆瓣醬) | dòu bàn jiàng | sticky chili bean sauce; doubanjiang |
| 单瓣 (單瓣) | dān bàn | single petal; single valve |
| 三尖瓣 | sān jiān bàn | (anatomy) tricuspid valve |
| 蒜瓣 | suàn bàn | garlic clove |
| 重瓣 | chóng bàn | (botany) double-flowered |
| 活瓣 | huó bàn | valve |
| 心瓣 | xīn bàn | heart valve |
| 豆瓣菜 | dòu bàn cài | watercress (Nasturtium officinale) |
English words written with 瓣
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.