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基板 (きばん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
circuit board ; substrate
electronics
Refers to a board on which electronic components are mounted, such as a printed circuit board (PCB) or a substrate in electronics.
Written forms 基き 板ばん Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling for 'circuit board' or 'substrate'.
基き 盤ばん
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage sometimes seen, but 基板 is the correct and preferred form.
Kanji 基 fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines さく
品ひん
を
作つく
っ
た
。
We designed a new board and made a prototype.
plank, board, plate
盤 tray, shallow bowl, platter Similar words 回かい 路ろ 基き 板ばん More specific term for 'circuit board', explicitly including the circuit aspect.
プリント 基き 板ばん Printed circuit board (PCB); a common type of 基板.
Etymology Compound of 基 (base, foundation) and 板 (board, plate). The spelling 基盤 is an irregular usage, likely influenced by the homophonous 基盤 (foundation, basis).
