basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + : Pinocchio (p) wants to improve his stereo and thinks of using a shallow bowl (皿) as a sound bowl. To find out its natural frequency he has a flower pot (盆) roll inside the bowl to and fro and stops the periodicity using a stopwatch (分) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2).

盆 character breakdown

to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

= + : Symbol for this character: A stopwatch (from the meaning "minute"). Frankenstein's monster participates in the annual championship of chopping eightballs in front of the encampment. Using a cleaver, he chops as many eightballs as he can in one minute.
part / share / ingredient / component
dish / vessel / shallow container / rad. no. 108

Marilyn Monroe is eating some rice out of a shallow bowl in the encampment.
(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container / radical no. 108

Characters with 盆 as component

flowing of water / name of a river

Words with 盆

a downpour / rain bucketing down / fig. to be overwhelmed (with work or things to study)
a downpour; rain bucketing down / (fig.) to be overwhelmed (with work or things to study)
cold dish / appetizer
Erlian Basin in Inner Mongolia
four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地
the Yili basin around Urumqi in Xinjiang
a downpour / rain bucketing down

Sentences with 盆

盆 currently does not appear in any sentence.