盆 — Chinese character
盆
pén
basin, bowl, pot, tub
- Pinyin
- pén
- Radical
- 108 ⽫ (Dish)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 分 皿
- Formation
- pictophonetic — dish; meaning component 皿; sound component 分
- Japanese
- 盆 as a kanji
Common words with 盆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盆地 | pén dì | (geography) basin; depression |
| 盆栽 | pén zāi | to grow (a plant) in a pot; potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant) |
| 花盆 | huā pén | flower pot |
| 倾盆大雨 (傾盆大雨) | qīng pén dà yǔ | (idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down |
| 骨盆 | gǔ pén | pelvis |
| 盆景 | pén jǐng | bonsai; landscape in a pot |
| 盆子 | pén zi | basin |
| 火盆 | huǒ pén | brazier; fire pan |
| 盆腔 | pén qiāng | the pelvic cavity; birth canal |
| 聚宝盆 (聚寶盆) | jù bǎo pén | (mythology) treasure bowl; (fig.) cornucopia; abundant source of wealth or other valuable resources |
| 脸盆 (臉盆) | liǎn pén | washbowl; basin for washing hands and face |
| 浴盆 | yù pén | bathtub |
English words written with 盆
盆 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 2
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.