盘

pán = p + an2

plate / dish / tray / board / hard drive (computing) / to build / to coil / to check / to examine / to transfer (property) / to make over / classifier for food: dish, helping / to coil / classifier for coils of wire / classifier for games of chess

盘 = 皿 + 舟 : Pinocchio (p) is working as kitchen helper for the crew of the yellow submarine (舟) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). On a tray (盘) he is carrying hundreds of shallow bowls (皿) of rice to the submarine.

盘 character breakdown

盘
- 皿
- 舟
  - 丹
    - 亠
      - 一
      - 丶
    - ⺆
      - 丿
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
  - ⺀
    - 丶

皿

mǐn = mi + (e)n3

dish / vessel / shallow container / rad. no. 108

Marilyn Monroe is eating some rice out of a shallow bowl in the encampment.

舟

zho̅u = zh + ou1

boat

舟 = 丹 + ⺀ : Mnemonic symbol: 舟 looks like the tower of a yellow submarine. In front of the outhouse (ou1), James II of England (zh) stands next to his yellow submarine (舟) and asks you: will you swallow the blossom (⺀) and continue your quiet life? Or will you swallow the red pill (丹) and follow him on his adventures in the submarine?

皿

mǐn = mi + (e)n3

(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container / radical no. 108

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