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Chinese symbol for “dishes”

盘碗
pán wǎn
Traditional: 盤碗
dishes; crockery; plates and cups

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dishes is 盘碗 (pán wǎn), defined as: dishes; crockery; plates and cups.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

盘 pán
tray, plate, dish; to examine
radical 108 ⽫ · 11 strokes
碗 wǎn
bowl, small dish
radical 112 ⽯ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dishes”

WordPinyinMeaning
盘飧 (盤飧)pán sūndishes; the food in a dish

Related words

Other words that share a character with 盘碗.

WordPinyinMeaning
键盘 (鍵盤)jiàn pánkeyboard
地盘 (地盤)dì pándomain; territory under one's control
硬盘 (硬盤)yìng pánhard disk
盘子 (盤子)pán zitray; plate
光盘 (光盤)guāng páncompact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM; measure word: 片 (piàn), 张 (zhāng)
全盘 (全盤)quán pánoverall; comprehensive
饭碗 (飯碗)fàn wǎnrice bowl; fig. livelihood
洗碗xǐ wǎnto wash the dishes

See also: Japanese symbol for “dishes”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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