磐
firm; stable; rock
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,293 U+78D0
How 磐 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “rock”) + 般 (phonetic, bān)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 般
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 般 (bān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 般 sound component | bān | sort, manner, kind, class |
| 盘 | pán | tray, plate, dish; to examine |
| 搬 | bān | to move, to remove, to shift, to transfer |
| 槃 | pán | tray; to rotate, to turn; to search |
| 瘢 | bān | scar, mole |
Words containing 磐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安如磐石 | ān rú pán shí | as solid as rock (idiom); as sure as houses |
| 磐安县 | Pán ān Xiàn | Pan'an, a county in Jinhua City 金華市|金华市[Jin1 hua2 Shi4], Zhejiang |
| 磐石市 | Pán shí Shì | Panshi, a county-level city in Jilin City 吉林市[Ji2 lin2 Shi4], Jilin |
| 坚如磐石 | jiān rú pán shí | solid as a boulder (idiom); absolutely secure; rock-firm and unyielding |
| 坚若磐石 | jiān ruò pán shí | rock-solid |
| 磐安 | Pán ān | see 磐安縣|磐安县[Pan2 an1 Xian4] |
| 磐石 | Pán shí | see 磐石市[Pan2 shi2 Shi4] |
| 磐石 | pán shí | boulder |
| 涅磐 | niè pán | variant of 涅槃[nie4 pan2] |