Dish Radical (皿) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
皿 is the dish radical. It appears in 12 of the most common Chinese characters — these 12 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 皿 mean?
Dish radical · 皿 mǐn · 5 strokes · dish, vessel
It usually appears across the bottom of the character. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 皿
12 common characters with 皿
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 益 | yì | benefit; profit; advantage; beneficial; to increase; to add; all the m… | A container 皿 overflowing with water 水 |
| 血 | xuè | blood | A chalice 皿 filled with blood 丿 |
| 监 | jiān | to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison | |
| 盘 | pán | [measure word for food contained in a plate]; [measure word for objects of shallow, and usually circular, almost flat shape such as tapes] coil; [measure word for a game of chess, etc.] | 般 supplies the sound |
| 盖 | gài | cover; build (a house); affix (a seal); surpass | A dish 皿 with a lid 羊 |
| 盛 | shèng | fill (a bowl, etc.) with; hold, contain | 成 supplies the sound |
| 盟 | méng | oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to p… | 明 supplies the sound |
| 盆 | pén | basin, tub; pot, bowl | 分 supplies the sound |
| 盗 | dào | to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber | |
| 盐 | yán | salt | |
| 盒 | hé | box | 合 supplies the sound |
| 盈 | yíng | full; filled; surplus | dish |
Related Radicals
- 疒Sickness radical · chuáng9 common characters · sickness
- 白White radical · bái11 common characters · white
- 皮Skin radical · pí9 common characters · skin, hide
- 目Eye radical · mù20 common characters · eye
- 石Stone radical · shí19 common characters · stone
- 礻Spirit radical · shì17 common characters · an altar; spirits; worship
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