board; plank; plate; shutter; paddle or bat for sports; specifically refers to a blackboard or a shop's door shutter

(bound form) boss; shopkeeper; proprietor

stiff; unnatural; lacking in flexibility or variety; (of soil) to become hard or crusty

clappers used to mark time in music; an accented beat; measure or tempo in Chinese music

to stop smiling; to look serious; to tighten one's facial expression

(classifier) used to count strokes of a bamboo or wooden board when administering a beating or corporal punishment

(Internet) a section or board on a website or BBS; sub-board

a Chinese surname

(literary) coffin; coffin boards

(literary) to catch sight of someone through a doorway