Memory phrase for the character: 片


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Meaning slice, sheet, thin piece, disc

Pronunciation

piān, piàn

Explanation

When splitting a tree, these fragments are created: =爿 and

Mnemonic


 
Pictograph of a split tree, which means: "slice".

Radicals

sliced woodIn characters is this radical always at the left.
bedSimplification of fragment: 爿 which shows a tree split lengthwise. ( is the other half) - Not at least because of its use with these characters 寐,寝 for 'sleep', it got the meaning of "bed".
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 Vocabulary

照片 zhào piàn  photograph; picture
垫片 diàn piàn  spacer
芯片 xīn piàn  computer chip; microchip
芯片组 xīn piàn zǔ  chipset
卡片 kǎ piàn  card
片面 piàn miàn  unilateral; one-sided
底片 dǐ piàn  negative; photographic plate
鸦片 yā piàn  opium
叶片 yè piàn  blade (of propellor); vane; leaf
一片 yī piàn  piece; slice
鳞片 lín piàn  scale; fish scales
鳞片 lín piàn  

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