盆

盆 U+76C6, 盆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76C6 ← 盅 [U+76C5] CJK Unified Ideographs 盇 → [U+76C7]

Translingual

Han character

盆 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 金尸竹廿 (CSHT), four-corner 8010₇, composition ⿱分皿)

Derived characters

• 𪝕, 㖹, 𡎛, 𡟆, 𢞂, 𢱔, 湓, 𫽡, 𱢖, 𬃠, 𤧒, 𱼐, 𥔞, 𱿶, 𬢶, 𨩣, 𮢼, 𪂽, 葐, 𣱦, 𱲕, 𱲗

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 793, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22959
• Dae Jaweon: page 1208, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2558, character 7
• Unihan data for U+76C6

Chinese

trad.		盆
simp. #		盆

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 盆
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (分) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
扮	*prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
盼	*pʰrɯːns
頒	*praːn, *bɯn
朌	*praːn, *bɯn
鳻	*praːn, *bɯn
份	*prɯn, *bɯns
汃	*pʰreːd, *prɯn
玢	*prɯn
邠	*prɯn
攽	*prɯn
砏	*prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
貧	*brɯn
湓	*pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
盆	*bɯːn
葐	*bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
坌	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
坋	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
分	*pɯn, *bɯns
吩	*pɯn
粉	*pɯnʔ
黺	*pɯnʔ
芬	*pʰɯn
紛	*pʰɯn
衯	*pʰɯn
棻	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
氛	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
雰	*pʰɯn
忿	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
魵	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
汾	*bɯn
羒	*bɯn
枌	*bɯn
棼	*bɯn
妢	*bɯn
梤	*bɯn
馚	*bɯn
鼢	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
蚡	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
弅	*bɯnʔ
秎	*bɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bɯːn): phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns) + semantic 皿.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pén (pen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pun⁴ / pun^4-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): pun⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phùn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pun²

• Eastern Min (BUC): buòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pung⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ben

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pén
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pén
    • Wade–Giles: pʻên²
    • Yale: pén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pern
    • Palladius: пэнь (pɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (盆兒 / 盆儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pénr
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pénr
    • Wade–Giles: pʻên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: pénr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: perl
    • Palladius: пэньр (pɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰəɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pun⁴ / pun^4-2
    • Yale: pùhn / pún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pun⁴ / pun^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: pun⁴ / pun^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːn²¹/, /pʰuːn²¹⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: pun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰun²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: pun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pun²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰun¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pun²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰun¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phûn
    • Tâi-lô: phûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phuun
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pʰun²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰun²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰun¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰun²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰun²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ben
    • MiniDict: ben^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ben
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bən²³/

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• Middle Chinese: bwon

Rime
Character	盆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲奔切
Baxter	bwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buən/
Pan Wuyun	/buon/
Shao Rongfen	/buən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwən/
Li Rong	/buən/
Wang Li	/buən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pun4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pén
Middle Chinese	‹ bwon ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁə[n]/
English	bowl, basin
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盆
Reading #	1/1
No.	3144
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	盆
Old Chinese	/*bɯːn/

Definitions

盆

1. basin; tub (Classifier: 個／个 m)

   花盆  ―  huāpén  ―  flower pot

   洗臉盆／洗脸盆  ―  xǐliǎnpén  ―  washbasin

2. basin-shaped thing

   骨盆  ―  gǔpén  ―  pelvis

3. unit of volume equal to 12 斗 (dǒu) and 8 升 (shēng) (128 liters)
4. Classifier for basins of things.

   一大盆水  ―  yī dà pén shuǐ  ―  a large basin of water

   一盆花 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ pun⁴ faa¹ [Jyutping]  ―  a pot of flowers

5. a surname, Pen

Compounds

• 一盆漿糊 / 一盆浆糊
• 一盆火兒 / 一盆火儿
• 便盆 (biànpén)
• 傾盆 / 倾盆 (qīngpén)
• 傾盆大雨 / 倾盆大雨 (qīngpéndàyǔ)
• 四川盆地 (Sìchuān Péndì)
• 夜盆兒 / 夜盆儿
• 大洋盆地
• 大盆地
• 大雨傾盆 / 大雨倾盆 (dàyǔqīngpén)
• 尿盆兒 / 尿盆儿
• 屎盆子 (shǐpénzi)
• 巴黎盆地
• 戴盆望天
• 抱盆兒擲 / 抱盆儿掷
• 昏盆打醬 / 昏盆打酱
• 暖火盆
• 桑乾盆地 / 桑干盆地
• 棘盆
• 水盆
• 水罐銀盆 / 水罐银盆
• 泥盆紀 / 泥盆纪 (Nípén Jì)
• 洛伊盆地
• 洋底盆地
• 浴盆 (yùpén)
• 海盆
• 添盆
• 渭河盆地 (Wèihé Péndì)
• 漢中盆地 / 汉中盆地
• 漏盆 (lòupén)
• 澡盆 (zǎopén)
• 火盆 (huǒpén)
• 火盆兒 / 火盆儿
• 炭盆 (tànpén)
• 烏盆計 / 乌盆计
• 牢盆
• 瓦盆
• 生花盆兒 / 生花盆儿
• 皖中盆地
• 盂蘭盆 / 盂兰盆 (yúlánpén)
• 盂蘭盆會 / 盂兰盆会 (Yúlánpénhuì)
• 盆下
• 盆傾甕倒 / 盆倾瓮倒
• 盆兒 / 盆儿 (pénr)
• 盆吊
• 盆地 (péndì)
• 盆堂 (péntáng)
• 盆子 (pénzi)
• 盆弔 / 盆吊
• 盆景 (pénjǐng)
• 盆栽 (pénzāi)
• 盆湯 / 盆汤 (péntāng)
• 盆腔 (pénqiāng)
• 盆花
• 盆菜 (péncài)
• 盥洗盆 (guànxǐpén)
• 籸盆
• 糝盆 / 糁盆
• 聚寶盆 / 聚宝盆 (jùbǎopén)
• 腳盆 / 脚盆 (jiǎopén)
• 臉盆 / 脸盆 (liǎnpén)
• 臨盆 / 临盆 (línpén)
• 臺北盆地 / 台北盆地
• 花盆 (huāpén)
• 花盆鼓 (huāpéngǔ)
• 莊子鼓盆 / 庄子鼓盆
• 蘭盆 / 兰盆
• 血盆
• 血盆大口
• 血盆經 / 血盆经
• 覆盆
• 覆盆之冤
• 覆盆難照 / 覆盆难照
• 迷你盆景
• 金盆洗手 (jīnpénxǐshǒu)
• 鋅盆 / 锌盆
• 鍋碗瓢盆 / 锅碗瓢盆 (guōwǎnpiáopén)
• 面糊盆
• 骨盆 (gǔpén)
• 骨盆腔
• 鼓盆 (gǔpén)
• 鼓盆之戚
• 鼓盆歌
• 鼓盆而歌

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (盆):

• → Japanese: 盆(ぼん) (bon)
• → Korean: 분(盆) (bun)
• → Vietnamese: bồn (盆)

Others:

• ⇒ Japanese: 盆(ぼに) (boni)