盤

盤 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹水月廿 (HEBT), four-corner 2710₇, composition ⿱般皿)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 796, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23036
• Dae Jaweon: page 1211, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2568, character 3
• Unihan data for U+76E4

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *baːn) : phonetic 般 (OC *praːn, *paːn, *baːn) + semantic 皿.

盤

1. tray; plate; dish

   瓷盤／瓷盘  ―  cí pán  ―  porcelain plate

   茶盤／茶盘  ―  chápán  ―  tea tray

2. any object shaped like a tray or plate

   鍵盤／键盘  ―  jiànpán  ―  keyboard

   算盤／算盘  ―  suànpán  ―  abacus

   地盤／地盘  ―  dìpán  ―  turf; territory

3. (obsolete, historical) washbasin (broad and shallow water-vessel for ablution)

   • 湯之盤銘曰：「苟日新，日日新，又日新。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     汤之盘铭曰：「苟日新，日日新，又日新。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Tāng zhī pán míng yuē: “Gǒu rìxīn, rì rìxīn, yòu rìxīn.” [Pinyin]

     On the basin of Tang these words were inscribed: "If you can today renovate yourself, do so from day to day, and again in the days to come."

4. to check; to examine

   盤查／盘查  ―  pánchá  ―  to inspect; to search for information, illicit items, etc.

   盤問／盘问  ―  pánwèn  ―  to interrogate

5. to check the number or amount of; to calculate

   • 後來聽見這些獃事，本東自己下店，把帳一盤，卻虧空了七百多銀子。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     后来听见这些獃事，本东自己下店，把帐一盘，却亏空了七百多银子。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Hòulái tīngjiàn zhèxiē dāi shì, běn dōng zìjǐ xià diàn, bǎ zhàng yī pán, què kuīkōng le qī bǎi duō yínzǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. to twist; to coil up

   盤腿／盘腿  ―  pántuǐ  ―  to cross one's legs

   盤旋／盘旋  ―  pánxuán  ―  to circle

   盤頭髮／盘头发  ―  pán tóufà  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   樹枝上盤著一條蛇。 [MSC, trad.]
   树枝上盘着一条蛇。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shùzhī shàng pán zhe yī tiáo shé. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. to build (by laying bricks, stones, etc.)
8. to transfer the ownership of
9. to transport; to carry
10. (finance, chiefly in compounds) financial market

    大盤／大盘  ―  dàpán  ―  overall market trends

    收盤價／收盘价  ―  shōupánjià  ―  closing price

11. (Hong Kong) property on sale (Classifier: 個／个)

    新盤／新盘 [Cantonese]  ―  san¹ pun^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  real estate project that is newly released to the market

    筍盤／笋盘 [Cantonese]  ―  seon² pun^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  worthy property

    銀主盤／银主盘 [Cantonese]  ―  ngan⁴ zyu² pun^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  property subject to foreclosure

12. (computing, chiefly Mainland China) disk; hard drive; storage device

    軟盤／软盘  ―  ruǎnpán  ―  floppy disk

    網盤／网盘  ―  wǎngpán  ―  cloud drive

13. Classifier for dishes, millstones, etc.

    兩盤菜／两盘菜  ―  liǎng pán cài  ―  two dishes

    一盤石磨／一盘石磨  ―  yī pán shímó  ―  a millstone

14. Classifier for things that coil: reel

    一盤蚊香／一盘蚊香  ―  yī pán wénxiāng  ―  a mosquito coil

    一盤磁帶／一盘磁带  ―  yī pán cídài  ―  a reel of tape

15. Classifier for sessions of board or ball game.

    一盤圍棋／一盘围棋  ―  yī pán wéiqí  ―  a game of go

    三盤兩勝／三盘两胜  ―  sān pán liǎng shèng  ―  best of three

    Synonym: 局 (jú)

16. (board games) match; game

    中盤勝／中盘胜  ―  zhōngpánshèng  ―  win by opponent's resignation (literally, "mid-game win")

17. (Cantonese) Classifier for businesses or accounts.

    佢諗住賣咗盤生意佢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢谂住卖咗盘生意佢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    keoi⁵ nam² zyu⁶ maai⁶ zo² pun⁴ saang¹ ji³ keoi⁵. [Jyutping]

    He wants to sell his business.

    平時有冇人幫你睇住盤數呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    平时有冇人帮你睇住盘数呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

    ping⁴ si⁴ jau⁵ mou⁵ jan⁴ bong¹ nei⁵ tai² zyu⁶ pun⁴ sou³ aa³? [Jyutping]

    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

18. (Mainland China Hokkien) having more benefits than harms; worthwhile; profitable; being value for money; affordable
19. (Taiwanese Mandarin, slang, of goods) overpriced

    See also: 盤子

20. (Shanghainese) to flirt with; to pick up
21. a surname

As for the surname, it mostly appears among She people.

• (having more benefits than harms):

• (storage device):
  • 碟 (dié)
• (to pick up):
  • 搓

• 碟 (dié)
• 𥐵

• “Entry #11244”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• “盤”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Go-on: ばん (ban, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kun: おおざら (ōzara, 盤); たらい (tarai)

盤(ばん) • (-ban) 

1. disc, clock face
2. tray
3. board, grid

盤(ばん) • (-ban) 

1. record, disc (music)

From Middle Chinese 盤 (MC ban).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [반]

Wikisource 盤 (eumhun 소반(小盤) 반 (soban( 小盤 ) ban))

1. Hanja form^? of 반 (“disc”).
2. Hanja form^? of 반 (“tray; dish”).
3. Hanja form^? of 반 (“plot; territory”).
4. Hanja form^? of 반 (“match; game”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

盤: Hán Việt readings: bàn[1]
盤: Nôm readings: bàn[1], mâm[2], ván

1. chữ Hán form of bàn (“table, desk”).
2. chữ Hán form of bàn (“territory, area of land”).
3. Nôm form of bàn, ván (“classifier for games”).
4. Nôm form of mâm (“food tray”).