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盆 = 皿 + 分

盆 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “basin”. It is built from 皿 (dish) and 分 (part). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1557.

Keyword
basin
RTK frame
1557
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
бассейн
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
盆 basin

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 皿 dish
  2. 分 part

How to find 盆 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dish” + “part”. 盆 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 盆 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.