盘 pán
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 皿 — dish, vessel
- Made of
- 舟 boat, ship 皿 dish, vessel
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
盘算
pánsuan
to calculate; to plan; to consider
Characters in this word
算 suàn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 具 tool, implement
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他表面上保持沉默，心里却早已盘算好下一步策略。 Tā biǎomiàn shàng bǎochí chénmò, xīnlǐ què zǎo yǐ pánsuan hǎo xià yī bù cèlüè. On the surface he remained silent, but in his mind he had already planned the next strategy.
- 她一边走路一边盘算今天的开销。 Tā yībiān zǒulù yībiān pánsuan jīntiān de kāixiao. She walked along calculating today's expenses in her head.
- 他早就盘算着年底回老家过年。 Tā zǎo jiù pánsuan zhe niándǐ huí lǎojiā guò nián. He had long been planning to go back to his hometown for the New Year.
Related words
- 光盘 guāngpán disc
- 盘 pán plate; a measure word for dishes
- 盘子 pánzi plate
- 键盘 jiànpán keyboard
- 方向盘 fāngxiàngpán steering wheel
- 盘旋 pánxuán to circle; to hover; to linger
- 算盘 suànpán abacus; calculations; plan
- 硬盘 yìngpán hard disk; hard drive
- 打算 dǎsuàn to plan; plan
- 计算机 jìsuànjī computer
- 算 suàn to count; to count as
- 计算 jìsuàn to calculate