The Chinese Radical: 扁


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Meaning
flat, plan    扁

Explanation understood as a door---plate-

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 4
classifier for written items, sheet or paper
piān
Top: bamboo , bottom: flat (Sliding doors 戸 and writing tablets are flat.)
When bamboo is flat (like a door plate), it is used for writing texts.  
JLPT HSK 4
everywhere, all over, classifier for actions: one time
biàn
Left: movement , right: flat (door 戸 with writing tablet as: "door plate")
(They often hang on strings) Moveable door plates are everywhere.  
JLPT HSK 4
to cheat, to swindle, to deceive, to fool
piàn
Left: horse /馬, right: flat (Sliding doors 戸 and writing tablets are flat.)
A horse as flat as a door plate, is a cheat.  
JLPT HSK 5
to weave, plait, organize, compose
biān
Left: thread 纟/, right: flat (Sliding doors 戸 and writing tablets are flat.)
If threads are laid as flatly, as doors or tablets are, it is weaving, plaiting or composing.  
JLPT HSK 6
biased, one-sided, prejudiced, inclined, slant
piān
Left: person , right: flat (Sliding doors 戸 and writing tablets are flat.)
(As if they had their fixed opinion on a sign around their neck:) People who are flat like a door plate are biased and one-sided.  
JLPT HSK 6
flat, plan, small boat
biǎn
Left: sliding door 戸, right: writing tablet
Doors and writing tablets are flat.  
JLPT no HSK
to fly, to flutter, spry, graceful
piān
Left: flat (Sliding doors 戸 and writing tablets are flat.), right: feathers, plumage
It is flat (like a door plate) or a feather, and is: fluttering.  
JLPT no HSK
a board with an inscription, a sign above a door, a tablet
biǎn
Left: partial frame , inside: flat (Sliding doors 戸 and writing tablets are flat. Or: A door 戸 with a writing tablet as: "door plate")
A frame with a flat door plate is: a scripted board.  
JLPT no HSK
bat
biān
Left: insect , right: flat (door 戸 with a writing tablet as: "door plate")
The 'insect' that flutters like a door plate (on a thread) is: the bat.  

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