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邊

biān, bian

edge

Phonosemantic compound with two sound components and two meaning components. 辶 and 方 represent the meaning, while 自 and 丙 represent the sound.

Components
自 sound component

自  Sound component

zì

  

self

自 was the original form of 鼻 (bí; nose).

丙 sound component

丙  Sound component

bǐng

  

third

方 meaning component

方  Meaning component

fāng

  

square

辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

Evolution

邊 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
邊 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
邊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

边 (邊) 

biān

edge, margin, side, border; side; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[gè]; simultaneously

边 (邊) 

bian

suffix of a noun of locality

Most common words with 邊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

边

side

身边

on hand

那边

over there

一边

one side

这边

here

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pˤe[n]

pen

biān

side


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 92.4075% of movies

257th most common character in movies

316th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

18

Simplified

边

Unicode

U+908A

Shuowen

“，行垂崖也。从辵，聲。”


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