dish, a helping, plate
皿 centers on a flat container for food: a dish, plate, or a helping served on one.
皿 is a pictograph of a shallow dish or plate, with the modern form preserving the basic outline of a container with a flat base and raised sides.
The shape looks like a shallow dish with a flat bottom and slightly raised edges, ready to hold food.
For ベイ, imagine a bay leaf resting on a dish: bay -> ベイ, and the leaf sits on the plate.
plate; dish; platter; disc
ashtray
saucer
washing-up; dish-washing
large plate; platter
small plate; small dish
wooden plate
plate; dish
gratin dish
soup plate; soup bowl
plate for bread
Petri dish
pen tray
one plate (of food); one dish; one helping
medium-sized dish
round plate
two plates; two helpings; two servings
place plate
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
to act as a receptacle; to receive; to take on; to host