板
plank, board, plate, stage
Readings
On'yomi
- ハン
- バン
Kun'yomi
- いた
Meaning
板 centers on a flat, rigid piece of material: a plank, board, or plate. The stage sense extends this to a flat raised platform.
Most common words using 板
20 of 362- 板いたN2
board; plank
- 掲示板けいじばんN2
bulletin board; display board; notice board
- 看板かんばんN2
signboard; sign; billboard; hoarding; doorplate
- 鉄板てっぱん
iron plate; steel plate
- 降板こうばん
leaving the mound; being knocked out
- 白板パイパン
white dragon tile
- 登板とうばん
taking the mound; pitching a game
- 基板きばん
(circuit) board; substrate
- 板橋いたばし
wooden bridge (with planks)
- 甲板かんぱん
deck (of a ship)
- 黒板こくばんN3
blackboard
- まな板まないたN3
chopping board; cutting board
- 血小板けっしょうばん
platelet; thrombocyte
- 看板娘かんばんむすめ
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
- 鋼板こうはん
steel sheet; steel plate
- 板挟みいたばさみ
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
- 板前いたまえN1
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook
- 合板ごうはん
veneer board; plywood
- 板金ばんきん
sheet metal; metal plate
- 床板とこいた
alcove slab; wooden board placed in a tokonoma; baseboard; base plate
Study
Etymology
板 combines 木 (tree, wood) with 反, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest something flat or spread out. Together they indicate a flat piece of wood.
Meaning mnemonic
A tree 木 turned into a flat, spread-out 反 plank: 板 is a wooden board or plate.
Reading mnemonic
For ハン, imagine a hand placing a plank: hand -> ハン, and the wooden board is set in place.