翩 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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piān

fly

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound.

Components

羽 Meaning component

yǔ

feather

扁 Sound component

biǎn, piān

flat

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

piān

fly, flutter; to fly fast

Most common words with 翩

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	翩翩起舞	(to start) dancing lightly and gracefully
	翩翩	elegant
	浮想联翩	to let one's imagination roam
	翩	to fly fast
	翩跹	spry and lively (of dancing and movements)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*pʰe[n]	phjien	piān	fly, flutter about

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.2814% of movies

2982nd most common character in movies

3234th most common character in books

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