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Chinese symbol for “panel”

面板
miàn bǎn
panel; faceplate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for panel is 面板 (miàn bǎn), defined as: panel; faceplate.

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Characters and stroke order

面 miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
radical 176 ⾯ · 9 strokes
板 bǎn
board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “panel”

WordPinyinMeaning
背板bèi bǎnpanel; back panel

Related words

Other words that share a character with 面板.

WordPinyinMeaning
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect
里面 (裏面)lǐ miànvariant of 里面 (lǐ miàn)
面积 (面積)miàn jīarea (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area
全面quán miànall-around; comprehensive
面对 (面對)miàn duìto face; to confront
老板lǎo bǎnvariant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn)
地板dì bǎnfloor
板块 (板塊)bǎn kuàislab; (geology) tectonic plate

See also: Japanese symbol for “panel”.

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.