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皿dish

dish. 5 strokes. 10 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.

Meaning dishStrokes 5Characters 10

How to write 皿

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Stroke order chart for the 皿 radical — 5 strokes

What it tells you about a character

Of the 10 characters below, 5 are pictophonetic with 皿 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.

The 10 characters

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 皿 family

HSK 4 · 4

盖gài盘pán益yì盐yán

HSK 5 · 2

盒hé盆pén

HSK 6 · 4

盛shèng盗dào盟méng监jiān

Words they appear in

盖(gài)to build (a house)
从头开始造出一座房屋或建筑
光(guāng)盘(pán)a digital optical disc archive
用来储存资料的圆形数码碟片
利(lì)益(yì)an interest, a benefit
对人有好处的东西，大家都想保护
盘(pán)子(zi)a plate
盛放食物的圆形器皿
盘(pán)a plate, a tray
盛放食物、圆形的餐具
收(shōu)益(yì)earnings, profit
做生意或投资后得到的钱
盐(yán)salt
做饭时用来调味的白色晶体
盒(hé)box (measure word/noun)
指用来盛放物品的方形容器
盒(hé)饭(fàn)boxed meal, bento
指装在盒子里的成套饭菜
盒(hé)子(zi)box, case
指用木料或纸板制成的带盖容器
键(jiàn)盘(pán)keyboard
指多个按键组成的输入装置
脸(liǎn)盆(pén)washbasin
指用来盛水洗脸的器皿
盆(pén)basin, pot
指圆形敞口的盛物器皿
昌(chāng)盛(shèng)prosperous, flourishing
指国家兴旺发达