pán

槃

Character · Variant

variant of 盘 (plate, tray); used in nirvana

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

variant

variant of 盘 (tray, plate, dish); to coil; to play (a game)

literary

A literary variant of 盘, now rarely used as a standalone character in modern Chinese except in specific classical contexts or Buddhist terminology. It is most commonly preserved in the word 涅槃 (nièpán, nirvana).

Niè涅
pán槃
shì是
fó佛
jiào教
zhōng中
de的
zhòng重
yào要
gài概
niàn念
 。

Nirvana is an important concept in Buddhism.

Gǔ古
wén文
zhōng中
cháng常
yòng用
 “
pán槃
 ”
dài代
zhǐ指
pán盘
yú盂
zhī之
qì器
 。

In classical texts, 'pán' was often used to refer to dishes and vessels.