篇(piān)

HSK 215 strokes

sheet

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Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
piān
Meaning
sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
Strokes
15
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 篇 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⺮扁

A bamboo ⺮ tablet 扁; 扁 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

⺮扁biǎn

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 篇 step by step

15 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 篇

Common words using 篇 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

piān篇fú幅
HSK 7-9

length (of a piece of writing)

Open 篇幅 page →
míng名piān篇

famous piece of writing

Open 名篇 page →
mò末piān篇

final installment; last phase; end

Open 末篇 page →
yù玉piān篇

Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顾野王 in …

Open 玉篇 page →
qiān千piān篇yī一lǜ律

thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive

Open 千篇一律 page →
fèi废huà话lián连piān篇

a bunch of nonsense

Open 废话连篇 page →
duǎn短piān篇xiǎo小shuō说

short story

Open 短篇小说 page →
kōng空huà话lián连piān篇

long-winded empty talk

Open 空话连篇 page →

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幅名末玉千一律废

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