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辮
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辫
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braid

HSK 10
Objects →Tools →Clothing
biàn
ベン、ヘン
あ.む
변
Components
辛 peppery+ 糸 silk+ 辛 peppery =
辮 braid
辛 Phonetic component
xīn peppery
bitter
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糸 Meaning component
mì silk
thread
辛 Phonetic component
xīn peppery
bitter
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Notes
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
辮
Regular
Modern
Chinese
辫 / 辮 [biàn]
a braid or queue; to plait
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (14)
辫子 [biàn​zi] #11,171
plait
小辫子 [xiǎo​biàn​zi] #22,027
pigtail
发辫 [fà​biàn] #53,026
braid
小辫 [xiǎo​biàn] #48,006
pigtail
翘辫子 [qiào​biàn​zi] #58,554
(coll.) to die
抓辫子 [zhuā​biàn​zi] #60,785
to grab sb by the pigtail
揪辫子 [jiū​biàn​zi] #69,939
to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair)
剃发留辫 [tì​fà​liú​biàn]
to shave the head but keep the queue
小辫儿 [xiǎo​biàn​r]
erhua variant of 小辮|小辫[xiǎo​biàn]
抓小辫子 [zhuā​xiǎo​biàn​zi]
to catch sb out
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)
弁髪 [べんぱつ] #123,957
pigtail