篇 piān
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 扁 flat
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
篇
piān
a measure word for articles and texts
Character
Example phrases
- 这篇文章短。 Zhè piān wénzhāng duǎn. This article is short.
- 我读一篇课文。 Wǒ dú yì piān kèwén. I read one text.
- 那篇很好看。 Nà piān hěn hǎokàn. That article is very interesting.
Related words
- 封 fēng a measure word for letters
- 排 pái row
- 组 zǔ group
- 段 duàn section; period
- 度 dù degree
- 层 céng floor; layer
- 单位 dānwèi organization; workplace
- 片 piàn a slice; a measure word for thin flat pieces
- 称 chēng to weigh
- 面 miàn face, side (a measure word for flat things)
- 头 tou place (noun suffix)
- 座 zuò a measure word for buildings and mountains