TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
盤
盤 ＝ 般 ＋ 皿
ㄆㄢˊ · pán
noun — a plate, tray, flat dish; verb — to coil, to take stock
字源 FORM — what the parts do
皿義a vesselthe dish at the bottom
A flat vessel (皿) for carrying and turning food round — the dish, the tray. 般 pán carries the sound (its older partner 槃 set the same sound over wood 木 instead). From the round flat dish: a plate (餐盤), then the round turning motion itself — to coil (盤旋), to go round taking stock (盤點).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
般（般）那隻手把皿（皿）一托——一個圓圓的盤，端上來了。
The hand in 般 lifts the dish (皿) — a round flat plate, carried out.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)盤子、餐盤— a flat dish, plate常用
→盤旋、盤繞— to coil, circle round
⇒盤點、盤算— to take stock; to reckon
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension