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板
bǎn
1. board
2. plank
3. plate
4. shutter
5. table tennis bat
6. clappers (music)
7. CL:[[塊|块<kuài>]]
8. accented beat in Chinese music
9. hard
10. stiff
11. to stop smiling or look serious
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

板
bǎn
board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
HSK 3 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

板球
bǎnqiú
cricket (ball game)
枷板
jiābǎn
cangue
板桥
Bǎnqiáo
Banqiao or Panchiao city in Taiwan
板状
bǎnzhuàng
board-shaped
板胡
bǎnhú
a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard
板鼓
bǎngǔ
small drum for marking time
板书
bǎnshū
to write on the blackboard
板楼
bǎnlóu
slab type building
板滞
bǎnzhì
stiff
板牙
bǎnyá
incisor
板砖
bǎnzhuān
(dialect) wall brick
板结
bǎnjié
harden
板规
bǎnguī
plate gauge
板鸭
bǎnyā
pressed (dried) salted duck
板房
bǎnfáng
temporary housing built with wooden planks or other makeshift materials
板斧
bǎnfǔ
broad axe
板栗
bǎnlì
Chinese chestnut
板桩
bǎnzhuāng
sheet pile
板油
bǎnyóu
leaf fat
搁板
gēbǎn
shelf

Alternate Entries

板
bǎn
see [[老闆|老板]], boss
板
pàn
to catch sight of in a doorway (old)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
929
Word Frequency Rank
2,071 of 84,292

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