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piān

chapter, section; article, essay

💡 Ideographic: A bamboo ⺮ tablet 扁; 扁 also provides the pronunciation
HSK 4 15 strokes Common (10%)
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⺮
zhú
bamboo; flute
扁
biǎn
flat; board, sign, tablet
⿱⺮扁 i

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Component Tree i

zhú
⺮
bamboo; flute
📷 Pictographic: Two stalks of bamboo; see 竹
6 strokes
biǎn
扁
flat; board, sign, tablet
9 strokes HSK 6

Words Using 篇 (27)

piān
篇 ↗
HSK 4
sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article
piānzhāng
篇章 ↗
writing / chapters and chapters
piānfu
篇幅 ↗
(take up or devote) space / ink / time (in a printed page or news story) / length (of a piece of writing)
míngpiān
名篇 ↗
famous piece of writing
mòpiān
末篇 ↗
final installment / last phase / end
yángyángdàpiān
洋洋大篇 ↗
lit. an ocean of writing / an impressive literary work (idiom)
Yùpiān
玉篇 ↗
Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang [[顧野王|顾野王<GùYěwáng>]] in 6th century AD
piānmù
篇目 ↗
table of contents
piānyùn
篇韵 ↗
abbr. for Yupian [[玉篇<Yùpiān>]] and Guangyun [[廣韻|广韵<Guǎngyùn>]]
shīpiān
诗篇 ↗
a poem / a composition in verse / fig. epic (compared with historical epic) / the biblical Book of Psalms
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