篇

piān

p+iān·1st tone

sheet · piece of writing

Radical: 竹 Strokes: 15 HSK 2

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Common

Same radical

竹笔管简笑符算策第籍等笼

Same radical

竹笔管简笑符算策第籍等笼箭箱签

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Character Decomposition

篇=⺮+扁

Etymology

A bamboo ⺮ tablet 扁; 扁 also provides the pronunciation

Meanings

sheet

piece of writing

bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)

classifier for written items: chapter, article

piān

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Words with 篇 136 total

start of literary work · opening song of ballad in Tanci style tán cí开篇kāi piān length (of a piece of writing) · space occupied on a printed page篇幅piān fu table of contents篇目piān mù poem篇什piān shí abbr. for Yupian 玉篇 and Guangyun篇韵piān yùn chapter; section (of a written work); passage of writing; (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth)篇章piān zhāng famous piece of writing名篇míng piān

Idioms with 篇 28 total Chain

a lengthy speech (or article) · a ponderous thesis · long-windedness长篇大论cháng piān dà lùn (of a text) very lengthy (idiom)长篇累牍cháng piān lěi dú a bunch of nonsense · verbose and rambling废话连篇fèi huà lián piān to tell one lie after another (idiom) · to talk nonsense · bogus story鬼话连篇guǐ huà lián piān

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