盆

Translingual

Han character

盆 (radical 108 皿+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 金尸竹廿 (CSHT), four-corner 8010₇, composition ⿱分皿)

1. basin, tub, pot, bowl

References

• KangXi: page 793, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22959
• Dae Jaweon: page 1208, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2558, character 7
• Unihan data for U+76C6

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Cantonese

Hanzi

盆 (Yale pun4)

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Japanese

Kanji

盆 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぼん (bon), ほん (hon)
• Kun: はち (hachi)

Noun

盆 (hiragana ぼん, romaji bon)

1. tray (for carrying e.g. dishes)
2. Bon Festival, obon
3. (archaic) bowl, basin
   • 覆水盆に返らず

Synonyms

• お盆 (obon)
• 盆祭
• 盂蘭盆

See also

• List of festivals in Japan on Wiktionary
• List of festivals in Japan on Wikipedia

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Korean

Hanja

盆 (hangeul 분, revised bun, McCune-Reischauer pun, Yale pun)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

盆 (pinyin kě (ke3), pén (pen2), Wade-Giles k'o³, p'en²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

盆 (bồn, buồn, vồn, bòn, dồn)

Readings

• Nôm: bòn, bồn, buồn, buồng

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999