盆 (pén) — a basin, pot, tub

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TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字

盆 character · B1 (est.)

盆＝皿＋分

ㄆㄣˊ · pén

noun — a basin, pot, tub

字源 FORM — what the parts do

皿義a vessel, open dish

分聲fēn — gives the soundto divide, split

{b,p,f}ITfēn → pén — the {b,p,f} crossing; tone shifts too

A vessel (皿) under 分, which lends the sound — fēn voiced over to pén. A wide open basin, the broad dish you wash in or plant in. 分 sits in a big sound family — 粉、份、紛 read off it. From the basin: 臉盆、花盆、盆地.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一只敞口的器皿（皿），寬寬的盤底——盆。

A wide open vessel (皿), broad and shallow — a basin.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)臉盆、花盆— a basin, pot常用

→盆地、盆景— a basin (in the land); a potted scene

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension