片

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

片 (radical 91 片+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 中中一中 (LLML), 中中一弓 (LLMN), four-corner 2202₇)

1. slice, splinter, strip
2. (medicine) tablet
3. rad. 91

References

• KangXi: page 692, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19813
• Dae Jaweon: page 1105, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2014, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7247

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		片

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piàn (pian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): phíen
• Min Nan (POJ): phìⁿ / phiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: piàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piann
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin³
    • Yale: pin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin³
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phíen
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /pʰi̯en³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phìⁿ / phiàn
    • Tâi-lô: phìnn / phiàn
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰĩ¹¹/, /pʰiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰĩ²¹/, /pʰiɛn²¹/
  • Note: phìⁿ - vernacular, phiàn - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (片, reconstructed)
Character (片), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 滂 (2) Final: 先 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 普麵切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pʰenH/	/pʰienH/	/pʰenH/	/pʰenH/	/pʰɛnH/	/pʰienH/	/pʰɛnH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (片, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
片								piàn								‹ phenH ›								/*pʰˤe[n]-s/								half; partial
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
片					9740					片					元					2					片					/*pʰeːns/

Definitions

片

1. thin piece; flake; slice
   • 片子 ("flake, small piece")
2. film; TV play
   • 影片 ("film, movie")
3. to slice; to carve thin
4. partial; incomplete; one-sided
   • 片面 ("unilateral, one-sided")

Classifier

片

1. classifier for slices
   • 一片面包  ―  yīpiànmiànbāo  ―  a slice of bread
2. classifier for tract of land, area of water
3. classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs
4. (used with numeral 一) classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piān (pian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: piān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pian
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin²
    • Yale: pín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin²
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn³⁵/

Definitions

片

1. film; photograph; record
   • 片子 ("film, movie, film reel")

Compounds

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References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

片

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: へん (hen)
• Kun: かた (kata), きれ (kire), ペンス (pensu)

Derived terms

• 刀 (katana)
• 片仮名 (katakana)
• 片道 (katamichi)
• 片思い (kataomoi)

Etymology

Cognate with kata.

Noun

片 (hiragana かた, romaji kata)

1. one part of a two-way pair
2. partial

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Korean

Hanja

片 (pyeon) (hangeul 편, revised pyeon, McCune-Reischauer p'yŏn, Yale phyen)

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Compounds

• 阿片 (아편, apyeon)

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Vietnamese

Han character

片 (phiến, bằng, phiện)

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