Chinese Character Wiki
皿

mǐn

dish

Pictograph of a container for holding food.

Evolution

皿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
皿 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
皿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
皿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

皿  

mǐn

shallow container; rad. no. 108; dish; vessel

Most common words with 皿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

器皿

household utensils

皿

dish

培养皿

Petri dish

Component uses

Meaning component in 21 characters (7 verified)

盘 盤 盛 盃 盧 盒 簋 盟 盪 孟 盆 盈 盏 盞 盔 盎 盅 盂 醢 㿽 昷

Sound component in 5 characters (0 verified)

醞 氳 縕 轀 榲

Iconic component in 14 characters (14 verified)

易 盡 益 血 监 監 寧 盗 盜 蛊 蠱 盥 盍 𥁕

Unknown component in 4 characters (0 verified)

謐 谧 醯 膃

Deleted component in 1 character (1 verified)

卢

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mraŋʔ

mjaengX

mǐn

vessel, bowl


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3763rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+76BF

Shuowen

“皿，飯食之用器也。象形，與豆同意。讀若猛。”


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