Kanji

盆

盆

basin, lantern festival, tray

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

皿部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ボン

Common Readings

ボン

Example sentences

お盆 おぼん
お盆 休み は 家族 と 旅行 する 。

I go on a trip with my family during the Obon holiday.

墓 はか
毎年 お盆 に は 家族 で 先祖 の 墓 に 参ります 。

Every year during Obon, our family visits the ancestors' graves.

盆 ぼん
彼女 は コーヒー を 盆 に 載せて 、 客間 に 運んで いった 。

She put the coffee on a tray and carried it to the drawing room.

盆地 ぼんち
京都 は 盆地 な ので 、 夏 は 暑くて 冬 は 寒い 。

Kyoto is a basin, so summers are hot and winters are cold.

盆栽 ぼんさい
祖父 は 盆栽 の 手入れ を する の が 好き だ

My grandfather likes taking care of bonsai.

Example Vocabulary

お盆

おぼん

Obon (festival); tray

盆

ぼん

tray; Obon festival

盆地

ぼんち

basin (geographical)

盆踊り

ぼんおどり

盆栽

ぼんさい

bonsai

盆休み

ぼんやすみ

盆と正月

ぼんとしょうがつ

覆水盆に返らず

ふくすいぼんにかえらず

和三盆

わさんぼん

盆暗

ぼんくら

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