篇 (piān): sheet, piece of writing, bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
篇 (piān) is a Chinese character meaning “sheet.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺮ (structural) and 扁 (structural). It ranks #1007 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 篇 a bamboo ⺮ tablet 扁; 扁 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 竹 (bamboo) appears in many related characters such as 笑 (xiào, to laugh), 第 (dì, (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth")), 等 (děng, to wait for).
Definitions
- sheet
- piece of writing
- bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA bamboo ⺮ tablet 扁; 扁 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿱⺮扁 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 篇章 | piān zhāng | chapter |
| 千篇一律 | qiān piān yī lǜ | thousand articles, same rule (idiom) |
| 短篇小说 | duǎn piān xiǎo shuō | short story |
| 长篇 | cháng piān | lengthy (report or speech) |
| 诗篇 | shī piān | a poem |
| 开篇 | kāi piān | start of literary work |
| 篇幅 | piān fu | length (of a piece of writing) |
| 长篇小说 | cháng piān xiǎo shuō | novel |
| 中篇小说 | zhōng piān xiǎo shuō | novella |
| 连篇累牍 | lián piān lěi dú | (of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom) |
| 续篇 | xù piān | sequel |
| 老三篇 | lǎo sān piān | Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established |
| 空话连篇 | kōng huà lián piān | long-winded empty talk |
| 极短篇小说 | jí duǎn piān xiǎo shuō | flash fiction |
| 篇什 | piān shí | poem |
篇 appears in 27 compound words: 19 as the first character, 52 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 篇 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (8)
Example Sentences
这个篇字的意思与它的部首有关。
zhè gě piān zì de yì sī yú tā de bù shǒu yǒu guān .
The meaning of this character is related to its radical.
...学高雄校区正式启用 揭开南台湾产学合作新篇章
. . . xué gāo xióng jiào qū zhèng shì qǐ yòng jiē kāi nán tái wān chǎn xué gě zuò xīn piān zhāng
... The Kaohsiung campus was officially opened, opening a new chapter in industry-academia cooperation in southern Taiwan
...携手品牌代言人赵露思,开启科学内服美学新篇章
. . . xié shǒu pǐn pái dài yán rén zhào lù sī , kāi qǐ kē xué nèi fú měi xué xīn piān zhāng
... Join hands with brand spokesperson Zhao Lusi to open a new chapter in the aesthetics of scientific underwear
黑天鹅作者警告软体业恐爆发破产事件 一篇末日报告又引发AI恐慌交易
hēi tiān é zuò zhě jǐng gào ruǎn tǐ yè kǒng bào fā pò chǎn shì jiàn yī piān mò rì bào gào yòu yǐn fā A I kǒng huāng jiāo yì
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又一篇关于人工智能末日论的文章疯传,这次作者预...
yòu yī piān guān yú rén gōng zhì néng mò rì lùn de wén zhāng fēng chuán , zhè cì zuò zhě yù . . .
Another article on the apocalypse of artificial intelligence went viral, and this time the author pre-...
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. . . o g l e chāo shí yòng A I bǐ jì 4 gōng néng yī piān quán xué huì ! xīn nián xué xí , gōng zuò qiǎng xiān jī
... ogle Super Practical AI Notes 4 Features A Full Learning! New Year's study and work are seized
你有没有看过这篇文章？
Nǐ yǒuméiyǒu kàn guo zhè piān wénzhāng?
Have you read this article?
我们已经有那篇课文了吗？
Wǒmen yǐjīng yǒu nà piān kèwén le ma?
Do we already have that text?
我一直忙于写一部短篇小说。
Wǒ yīzhí mángyú xiě yī bù duǎnpiān xiǎoshuō.
I've been busy writing a short story.
我厌烦了他的长篇大论。
Wǒ yànfán le tā de chángpiān-dàlùn.
I got bored with his long talk.
Character Family
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