Chinese symbol for “slab”
板块
bǎn kuài
Traditional: 板塊
slab; (geology) tectonic plate; (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry); (economic) bloc
The closest CC-CEDICT match for slab is 板块 (bǎn kuài), defined as: slab; (geology) tectonic plate; (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry); (economic) bloc.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “slab”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平板 | píng bǎn | slab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate; flat; level |
| 木板 | mù bǎn | slab; board |
| 石板 | shí bǎn | slab; flagstone |
| 石片 | shí piàn | slab |
| 板皮 | bǎn pí | slab |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 板块.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | variant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn) |
| 地板 | dì bǎn | floor |
| 平板 | píng bǎn | slab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate; flat; level |
| 甲板 | jiǎ bǎn | deck (of a ship or boat) |
| 一块 (一塊) | yī kuài | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 这 (zhè)) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感这一块 (qíng gǎn zhè y |
| 模块 (模塊) | mó kuài | module (in software); functional unit |
| 区块 (區塊) | qū kuài | block; segment; section; sector; area |
| 石块 (石塊) | shí kuài | stone; rock |
See also: Japanese symbol for “slab”.
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.