The Radical: 片


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Meaning
sliced wood    片

Explanation In characters is this radical always at the left.

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 3
slice, sheet, thin piece, disc
piān, piàn
When splitting a tree, these fragments are created: =爿 and
Pictograph of a split tree, which means: "slice".
JLPT HSK 4
signboard, plate, tablet, playing cards
pái
Left: part/fragment (tree, halved vertically), right: vulgar/low (A such untidy field is tenfold vulgar.)
A simple fragment is vulgar, but still can be used as signboard.
JLPT HSK 5
printed page, publication, version, block of printing
bǎn
Left: part/fragment (tree, halved vertically, here: relief of a printing plate), right: against, opposition (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing)
The printing block is (pushed) "against" for printing a page of the publication.
JLPT no HSK
pot, ancient cooking cauldron on legs
dǐng

Picture or a cooking pot with legs. Please note that the lower parts are practically the fragments 爿 and of a vertically split tree. (爿 is often simplified to: , with the meaning: "bed").

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