Chinese symbol for “tray”
盘
pán
Traditional: 盤
tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tray is 盘 (pán), defined as: tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tray”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 盘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 键盘 (鍵盤) | jiàn pán | keyboard |
| 地盘 (地盤) | dì pán | domain; territory under one's control |
| 硬盘 (硬盤) | yìng pán | hard disk |
| 盘子 (盤子) | pán zi | tray; plate |
| 光盘 (光盤) | guāng pán | compact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM; measure word: 片 (piàn), 张 (zhāng) |
| 全盘 (全盤) | quán pán | overall; comprehensive |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tray”.
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.