Chinese Character Wiki
片

piàn, piān

slice

Pictograph of a slice of a tree, taken from the right half of 木 (tree).

Evolution

片 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
片 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
片 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

片  

piàn

slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91; 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

片  

piān

disk; sheet

Most common words with 片
Freq.
Word
Meaning

片

flake

照片

photograph

图片

image

影片

film

唱片

LP

Component uses

Meaning component in 5 characters (2 verified)

版 牌 牒 牍 牘

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

牖

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pʰˤe[n]-s

phenH

piàn

half; partial


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 78.4719% of movies

342nd most common character in movies

455th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+7247

Shuowen

“片，判木也。从半木。”


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