In Chinese, 盆 is commonly used for household items like washbasins and flower pots.
 
Related characters:

dish, bowl

vessel, container, utensil, instrument, organ, talent

bowl, alms bowl, begging bowl, vessel

 — semantic component meaning “dish; container”;


to divide, to separate, to apportion

— phonetic component indicating the sound (분 / pén).
The character originally described a divided or shaped container, leading to the meaning basin or vessel.
 
Semantic development:
- container or vessel;
- basin or tub;
- geographical basin (extended meaning).

분지 (盆地) — basin (geographical depression)
세면대 (洗面臺) — washbasin (modern term, not always using 盆 directly)

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Rare and archaic Chinese character

thunderous sound, repeated crashing of thunder

adult male, fourth Heavenly Stem, nail

seven, number 7, seventh

elder, man of respect, husband, head of a family

up, top, first, best

below, under, to descend, to go down

not, no, non-

world, generation, lifetime

unit, individual, single

center, middle, inside

to grasp, to hold, to seize

to string together, to pierce through, a skewer, a series or chain of things

a small round object, pellet, ball, pill

red, cinnabar-red

king, lord, master, sovereign

thus, then, only, surprisingly

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盆

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