bǎn

board; plank; hard

Character data

Radical ⽊ (75.4)
Strokes 8
TRADITIONAL ,
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

板 bǎn
  1. 1. board
  2. 2. plank
  3. 3. hard
  4. 4. stiff
  5. 5. plate
  6. 6. to stop smiling or look serious
  7. 7. shutter
  8. 8. table tennis bat
  9. 9. clappers (music)
  10. 10. accented beat in Chinese music
  11. 11. see lǎo bǎn, boss
  12. 12. CL kuài
板 pàn
  1. 1. to catch sight of in a doorway (old)

Stroke order

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Words containing 板

Word Meaning
incisor; molar; screw die
floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc)
sampan; also written shān bǎn
tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)
blackboard eraser
chopping board; cutting board
roof; roof plate; rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine
clipboard (computing)
slate
soil crusting
a see-saw
palette
sun visor; sunshade; sunshading board
trolley; handcart; flatbed truck
washboard; (slang) flat-chested (woman)
scrubbing brush
Chinese chestnut
leaf fat; leaf lard
washboard; (jocularly) flat chest
bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater
thin plate; sheet; lamina
lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
sampan
triangle (for drawing right angles); set square