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piece of writing

HSK 2
piān
ヘン
Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound.
Components
Meaning component
zhú
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
Phonetic component
biǎn flat
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[piān]
sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
Japanese
へん 同音

noun

  1. compilation (of a text); editing
  2. volume (of a text)
  3. completed literary work
Example Sentences