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Kotomora

板

plank, board, plate, stage

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes8

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

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  • 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

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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.