偏 piān
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 扁 flat
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
偏旁
piānpáng
radical; component of a Chinese character
Characters in this word
旁 páng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 方 — square, rectangle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 掌握常见偏旁有助于推测汉字的意义和读音。 Zhǎngwò chángjiàn piānpáng yǒuzhù yú tuīcè Hànzì de yìyì hé dúyīn. Mastering common radicals helps one infer the meanings and pronunciations of Chinese characters.
- 这个字左边的偏旁是三点水，所以和水有关。 Zhè ge zì zuǒbian de piānpáng shì sāndiǎnshuǐ, suǒyǐ hé shuǐ yǒuguān. The radical on the left of this character is the three-dot water, so it is related to water.
- 写汉字的时候，偏旁的位置不能写错。 Xiě Hànzì de shíhou, piānpáng de wèizhi bù néng xiěcuò. When writing Chinese characters, the position of the radical must not be wrong.
Related words
- 偏 piān biased; partial; to deviate; rather
- 偏爱 piān'ài to favour; to be partial to
- 偏差 piānchā deviation; discrepancy; bias
- 偏见 piānjiàn prejudice; bias
- 偏离 piānlí to deviate from; to depart from
- 偏僻 piānpì remote; out-of-the-way
- 偏偏 piānpiān unexpectedly; deliberately; just so happens that
- 偏向 piānxiàng tendency; inclination; to be partial towards
- 偏远 piānyuǎn remote; far-flung
- 旁边 pángbiān beside, next to
- 旁 páng side; beside
- 旁人 pángrén other people; outsiders