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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- pian1
- English meanings
- stubbornly, on the contrary
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 亻; right 扁.
Meaning & sound clues
亻 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “person”.
扁 is identified as the sound component (biǎn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 偏.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
measure word (general)
measure word (general)
lightly flying; graceful
do
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Related words
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- 偏偏
- 偏僻
- 偏向
- 偏差
- 偏方
- 偏见
- 偏远