Ban

盤 (Ban) is a Japanese noun meaning “board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.), (phonograph) record, disc, disk”.

Meanings

  1. nounboard (in shogi, go, chess, etc.)
  2. noun(phonograph) record; disc; disk
  3. noun suffixboard; panel; plate

Examples

  • The black and white squares on a checker board are arranged alternately.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 盤

tray

Related words

plateabacusgroundplacentabasekeyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.)endgamebedrockcompassmiddle stagedisk