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U+7247, 片
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7247

[U+7246]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7248]
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U+2F5A, ⽚
KANGXI RADICAL SLICE

[U+2F59]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F5B]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 91, +0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 中中一中 (LLML) or 中中一弓 (LLMN), four-corner 22027, composition 丿𠃍)

  1. Kangxi radical #91, .

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 692, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19813
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1105, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2014, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7247
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 片, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Mirror image of (OC *braːn, “piece”), which is the pictogram of a bed.

Shuowen: half of (“wood; tree”) to denote “to pare; to slice”; but this interpretation is not based on oracle bones and bronzes.

Pronunciation


Note: piān - colloquial variant usually with erhua, used in the sense “thin piece” especially referring to an electronic item, such as films, photographs, discs, etc..
Note:
  • phìⁿ - vernacular;
  • phiàn - literary.

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. thin piece; flake; slice
       piànzi   flake, small piece
  2. film; TV play; photograph; record
       yǐngpiàn   film, movie
       piānzi   film, movie, film reel
    1. (specifically) film (form of mass media); movie (Classifier: m;  c)
      賀歲贺岁 [Cantonese]   ho6 seoi3 pin3-2 [Jyutping]   Chinese New Year film
      動作动作   dòngzuò piān   action movie
      [Cantonese]   pin3-2 soeng1 [Jyutping]   (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    2. (by extension, Cantonese) video (Classifier: c)
      [Cantonese]   heoi3 pin3-2 [Jyutping]   to play a video
  3. (medicine) tablet
  4. (dialectal) diaper; nappy (Classifier: c)
    BBBB [Cantonese]   bong1 bi4 bi1 wun6 pin3-2 [Jyutping]   to change diapers for the baby
    [Cantonese]   laam6 pin3-2 [Jyutping]   to wear a diaper
  5. part of a place; portion on the earth; area
  6. (linguistics) subgroup; subdivision of a language
    廣府广府 [Cantonese]   gwong2 fu2 pin3 [Jyutping]   Guangfu subgroup (of Yue Chinese)
  7. to slice; to carve thin
  8. (Cantonese) to fight
  9. (Cantonese) to throw something along its thin side
    石仔 [Cantonese]   pin3-2 sek6 zai2 [Jyutping]   stone skipping
  10. (Cantonese, of a vehicle) to squeeze into a gap
  11. (Cantonese) bribe
    [Cantonese]   sau1 pin3-2 [Jyutping]   to collect bribes
  12. partial; incomplete; one-sided
       piànmiàn   unilateral, one-sided
  13. Classifier for flat objects such as leaves, pieces of paper, slices, etc.
    麵包面包   piàn miànbāo   a slice of bread
  14. Classifier for small nonspherical medicinal objects such as pills, tablets.
  15. Classifier for tracts of land and areas of water.
  16. Classifier for CDs, movies and DVDs.
  17. (used with numeral ) Classifier for scenarios, scenes, feelings, atmospheres, sounds, clouds.
  18. (Teochew) Classifier for doors and windows.
  19. (Hakka, Teochew) side
    [Teochew]   dang1 pin3 [Peng'im]   east; east side
    [Teochew]   he2 pin3 [Peng'im]   there; that side

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

  • Proto-Southwestern Tai: *pʰɛːnᴮ¹
    • Ahom: 𑜇𑜢𑜐𑜫 (phiñ)
    • Lao: ແຜ່ນ (phǣn)
    • Northern Thai: ᨹᩯ᩠᩵ᨶ
    • Shan: ၽႅၼ်ႇ (phèn)
    • Tai Dam: ꪵꪠ꪿ꪙ
    • Tai Nüa: ᥚᥦᥢᥱ (phǎen)
    • Thai: แผ่น (pɛ̀n)

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