dish / vessel / shallow container / rad. no. 108

Marilyn Monroe is eating some rice out of a shallow bowl in the encampment.
(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container / radical no. 108

皿 character breakdown

The character 皿 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 皿 as component

variant of 杯[bei1] / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup

= + : Beelzebub (b) won a trophy cup (杯) for his amazing Christmas tree (木). Actually, it was forbidden to log trees in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1); but Beelzebub didn't care and took the tree anyway. He even took the forbidden sign (不) as well, and as he receives his trophy cup he uses the forbidden sign as a tablet to put the trophy cup on.
to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely

= + : Someone or something is using up all the blossoms in the encampment's bathroom, each day one more is missing. Joan of Arc wants to find out when they will be used up, so each day, she measures the remaining blossoms with a tape-measure.
to supervise / to inspect / jail / prison

= + + : Joan of Arc (ji) has been caught by the English and in her prison (监), a cage (监) in front of the anthill (an1), She awaits her trial. She has not given up, though: as a robot hands her a bowl of rice (皿), She quickly pulls out a kitchen knife (刂) and stabs the robot's (大) arm. The robot doesn't even notice though.
supervisor
plate / dish / tray / board / hard drive (computing) / to build / to coil / to check / to examine / to transfer (property) / to make over / classifier for food: dish, helping / to coil / classifier for coils of wire / classifier for games of chess

= + : Pinocchio (p) is working as kitchen helper for the crew of the yellow submarine (舟) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). On a tray (盘) he is carrying hundreds of shallow bowls (皿) of rice to the submarine.
to steal / to rob / to plunder / thief / bandit / robber

= + : Don Quixote (d) caught a pirate (盗) rob (盗) a valuable shallow bowl (皿) out of the aorta's bathroom (ao4). As punishment he puts the robber into the cube (次).
full / filled / surplus

= + + : Maud Younger (y) is boxing (又) with the poltergeist (乃) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). It is a very fierce match: all the small bowls (皿) standing around are already filled (盈) with their blood.
a small cup / classifier for lamps
salt / CL:粒[li4]

= + + : Maud Younger (y) finished cooking a dish in the anthill's kitchen (an2) when she finds that she's out of salt (盐). Her last hope is to put some dirt (土) in a bowl (皿) and trying to change it into salt (盐) using a voodoo staff (卜).
Character component without intrinsic meaning

= + : Willy Walrus (w) feeds a prisoner (昷) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). He gives him a small bowl (皿) with the sun (日) as dish, because the sun is the most powerful energy source in our solar system.
variant of 盍[he2]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: to make a list of pros and cons.

Hamlet (h) is thinking about smashing a shallow bowl (皿) with a concrete barrel (去) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He thinks "why not" (盍), and decides to make a list of pros and cons (盍) first.
why not

= + : Mnemonic symbol: to make a list of pros and cons.

Hamlet (h) is thinking about smashing a shallow bowl (皿) with a concrete barrel (去) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He thinks "why not" (盍), and decides to make a list of pros and cons (盍) first.
helmet
handleless cup / goblet

Words with 皿

household utensils
melamine (loanword) (Tw)

Sentences with 皿

皿 currently does not appear in any sentence.