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槃

pán

Character

What 槃 means

1. variant of 盘
2. wooden tray

Example sentences

• 卫塞节是佛教的一个节日，纪念佛陀的诞生、成道和涅槃。
  Wèi sāi jiē shì Fójiào de yī gè jiérì, jìniàn Fótuó de dànshēng, chéngdào hé nièpán.
  Vesak is a Buddhist holiday which celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha.

Words containing 槃

• 涅槃niè pán(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain)…
• 涅槃经Niè pán Jīng(Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra
• 大本涅槃经Dà běn Niè pán Jīng(Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra
• 大般涅槃经Dà Bān niè pán Jīng(Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major…

Characters built on 般

These share the phonetic component 般 (bān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 磐pánfirm; stable; rock
• 瘢bānmark; scar on the skin

Characters that look like 槃

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine
• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 禁jìnto prohibit; to forbid
• 楚chǔdistinct; clear; orderly
• 蔑mièto belittle; nothing
• 樊fán(literary) fence

Sounds the same

Read pán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 盘tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing; bound form) disk
• 磐firm; stable; rock
• 蟠to coil
• 爿classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc…
• 胖healthy; at ease
• 蹒used in 蹒跚; Taiwan pr. mán
• 縏small bag; sack
• 磻name of a river in Shaanxi
• 媻to move
• 幋large scarf
• 柈plate
• 鞶large belt