盏
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a small cup; classifier for lamps
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 皿 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 盞
- Common rank
- #4,580
- Unicode
- U+76CF
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Formation & memory
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How 盏 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A small 戋 dish 皿; 戋 also provides the pronunciation
Components 戋 皿
How to remember it
small cup · Heisig RSH #2491
float + dish
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 盏
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马拉盏 | (loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste) | |
| 推杯换盏 | (idiom) to drink together in a convivial atmosphere | |
| 灯盏 | lantern; uncovered oil lamp |