WHOLE CHARACTER
篇
a complete piece of writing (篇章,诗篇); a measure word for articles, pages and writings (一篇论文)
篇 counts writing: 一篇文章 'an article', 篇幅 'length of a text'.
ZDIC: 形声，从竹、扁声.
Character Familiestop / bottom
篇
a complete piece of writing (篇章,诗篇); a measure word for articles, pages and writings (一篇论文)
篇 counts writing: 一篇文章 'an article', 篇幅 'length of a text'.
GF0025–2021 character list · 二级One character pageAll readings and linked senses stay together.
WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
top / bottom
ZDIC: 形声，从竹、扁声.
MEANING: THE BAMBOO SIDE — OLD WRITING SLATS (ZDIC 从竹)
竹
bamboo
Standalone meaning is kept separate from its role in other characters.
In 篇: meaning: the bamboo side — old writing slats (ZDIC 从竹) The bamboo radical.
OLD SOUND SIDE: 扁 (BIǍN)
扁
flat; a family name
Standalone meaning is kept separate from its sound role in 遍.
In 篇: old sound side: 扁 (biǎn) piān shares the final -ian; the initials differ in aspiration (b/p) — a historical sound side.
Tone 1
- a complete piece of writing (篇章,诗篇)
- a measure word for articles, pages and writings (一篇论文)
- 一篇a (piece of writing)
- 篇幅the length of a piece of writing
- 篇章sections and chapters; writings
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