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骈
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team

HSK 10
Abstract →Numbers
Pián, pián
ヘン
なら.ぶ
변, 병
A team of horses 馬 working together 并
Components
Traditional (駢)
馬 horse+ 并 to combine =
駢 team
馬 Meaning component
horse
并 Meaning component
bìng to combine
variant of 並|并[bìng]
Simplified (骈)
马 steed+ 并 to combine =
骈 team of horses
马 Meaning component
mǎ steed
horse
并 Meaning component
bìng to combine
variant of 並|并[bìng]
Notes
Similar Characters
嗎 yes or no (trad)媽 mama (trad)瑪 Mary (trad)碼 numeral (trad)罵 scold (trad/jp)螞 leech-hopper (trad)羈 halter (trad)闖 rush (trad)馭 control (trad)馮 Feng (trad)馱 carry on back (trad)馳 gallop (trad)馴 tame (trad)駁 refute (trad)駐 be stationed (trad/jp)駑 horse (trad)駒 fleet (trad/jp)駕 drive (trad)駙 extra (trad)駛 maneuver (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
骈
Regular
Modern
Chinese
骈 / 駢 [Pián]
surname Pian
骈 / 駢 [pián]
(of a pair of horses) to pull side by side; to be side by side; to be fused together; parallel (literary style)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (5)
骈体 [pián​tǐ] #64,295
parallel prose (ancient literary style)
骈偶文风 [pián​'ǒu​wén​fēng]
early Tang literary style despised as shallow by the classicists
骈俪 [pián​lì]
parallel (sentences)
骈肩 [pián​jiān]
shoulder to shoulder
骈胁 [pián​xié]
fused ribs (physical deformity)
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
四六駢儷体 [しろくべんれいたい]
elegant classical Chinese prose employing antitheses using four and six-character compound words