盆 pén
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 皿 — dish, vessel
- Made of
- 分 to divide, to allocate 皿 dish, vessel
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
盆
pén
basin
Character
Example phrases
- 这盆花很香。 Zhè pén huā hěn xiāng. This pot of flowers smells good.
- 我洗这个盆。 Wǒ xǐ zhège pén. I wash this basin.
- 盆里有水。 Pén lǐ yǒu shuǐ. There is water in the basin.