瓣 (bàn): petal, segment, clove (of garlic)
瓣 (bàn) is a Chinese character meaning “petal.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辛 (structural), 瓜 (semantic) and 辛 (structural). It ranks #2699 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 瓣 melon. Its radical form 瓜 (melon) appears in many related characters such as 瓜 (guā, melon).
Definitions
- petal
- segment
- clove (of garlic)
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticmelon
Decomposition: ⿲辛瓜辛 (layout: left-middle-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花瓣 | huā bàn | petal |
| 瓣膜 | bàn mó | valve (biological) |
| 豆瓣 | dòu bàn | cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea) |
| 二尖瓣 | èr jiān bàn | mitral valve (physiology) |
| 豆瓣酱 | dòu bàn jiàng | sticky chili bean sauce |
| 蒜瓣 | suàn bàn | garlic clove |
| 半月瓣 | bàn yuè bàn | semilunar valve (anatomy) |
| 阴道瓣 | yīn dào bàn | hymen |
| 三尖瓣 | sān jiān bàn | (anatomy) tricuspid valve |
| 心瓣 | xīn bàn | heart valve |
| 重瓣 | chóng bàn | (botany) double-flowered |
| 活瓣 | huó bàn | valve |
| 野鼬瓣花 | yě yòu bàn huā | wild hemp |
| 龙骨瓣 | lóng gǔ bàn | (botany) carina |
| 单瓣 | dān bàn | single petal |
瓣 appears in 27 compound words: 11 as the first character, 59 as the last, and 30 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 瓣 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
写好瓣字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo bàn zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "瓣" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
经典,豆瓣9.3的美剧,真把未来拍出来了
jīng diǎn , dòu bàn 9 . 3 de měi jù , zhēn bǎ wèi lái pāi chū lái le
浴缸里满是热水和花瓣。
Yùgāng lǐ mǎn shì rèshuǐ hé huābàn.
The bathtub was filled with hot water and flower petals.
他给了我十二瓣大蒜。
Tā gěi le wǒ shí'èr bàn dàsuàn.
He gave me 12 cloves of garlic.
他在菜里放了三瓣大蒜。
Tā zài cài lǐ fàng le sān bàn dàsuàn.
He put three slices of garlic in the vegetables.
舞台上撒了花瓣。
Wǔtái shàng sā le huābàn.
The stage was sprinkled with flower petals.
在情人节，我用玫瑰花瓣拼出了我的另一半的名字。
Zài Qíngrénjié, wǒ yòng méiguīhuā bàn pīn chū le wǒ de lìngyībàn de míngzi.
For Valentine's day, I used rose petals to spell out my sweetheart's name.
Character Family
瓜 Radical Family — Characters sharing the melon radical
Related Characters
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