Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

皿: dish, a helping

Also: plate

JLPT N25 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
5 strokes
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Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

One reading, and the words that use it

さらsara · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 皿さらplate
  • 皿洗いさらあらいdish-washing
  • 一皿ひとさらone dish
  • 大皿おおざらlarge plate, platter
  • 小皿こざらsmall plate
  • 受け皿うけざらsaucer
  • 製氷皿せいひょうざらice-making pan

Also read ベイ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Pictogram (象形)

Pictogram (象形) A pictograph of an empty container, such as a chalice. The handles are conjoined in the modern form.

Source: Wiktionary, 皿 (rev. 93648103), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Dinner is served! Imagine a beautiful ceramic plate or a sturdy wooden bowl ready to hold a feast.”
More in the 皿 plate story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Also read ベイ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
皿 dish
vs冊 tome
Compare the two shapes stroke by stroke.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mǐn

Same form: 皿 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
皿 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
皿 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin mǐn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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