Historical Evolution
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
片 [piān]
disk; sheet
片 [piàn]
thin piece; flake; a slice; film; TV play; to slice; to carve thin; partial; incomplete; one-sided; classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water; classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc; used with numeral 一[yī]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc; Kangxi radical 91
Japanese
prefix
- one (of a pair)
- incomplete; imperfect; fragmentary
- few; little
- off-centre; remote
- side; problem; question; matters
pence (monetary unit)
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
counter for thin, flat things (petals, leaves, etc.)
bill; handbill; flyer; flier; leaflet; poster; placard
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
片 かた
Kata surname
片 かたしお
Katashio unclassified name
片 かたみね
Katamine unclassified name
片 かたやな
Katayana surname
片 かたやなき
Katayanaki surname
片 かたやなぎ
Katayanagi surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
照片 [zhàopiàn] #396
photograph
图片 [túpiàn] #4,319
image
图片 [túpiàn] #4,319
image
影片 [yǐngpiàn] #4,331
film
唱片 [chàngpiàn] #2,495
gramophone record
芯片 [xīnpiàn] #4,280
computer chip
片子 [piānzi] #3,686
film
碎片 [suìpiàn] #3,351
chip
名片 [míngpiàn] #4,382
(business) card
卡片 [kǎpiàn] #4,253
card
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 片手 [かたて] #1,862
one hand
⭐ 片付ける [かたづける] #3,317
to put in order
⭐ 片方 [かたほう] #3,359
one side
⭐ 欠片 [かけら] #4,508
fragment
⭐ 片隅 [かたすみ] #4,905
corner
⭐ 破片 [はへん] #5,358
fragment
⭐ 片付く [かたづく] #7,256
to be put in order
片っ端から [かたっぱしから] #7,551
absolutely every little bit
片足 [かたあし] #7,613
one foot
片付け [かたづけ] #8,581
tidying up
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