片

disk / sheet

thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91

Mnemonic symbol: a DVD. Pocahontas secretly sells DVDs in the anthill's bathroom.

片 character breakdown

The character 片 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 片 as component

牌

pái = p + ai2

mahjong tile / playing card / game pieces / signboard / plate / tablet / medal / CL:片[pian4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4]

牌 = 卑 + 片 : Pinocchio (p) is playing with Mahjong tiles (牌) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2). There is a price to win: a DVD (片) about the Alpes (卑). Pinocchio definitely wants to win the DVD, so he keeps playing again and again.

窗

牎

chua̅ng = chu + ang1

old variant of 窗[chuang1]

窗

牕

chua̅ng = chu + ang1

variant of 窗[chuang1]

版

bǎn = b + an3

a register / block of printing / edition / version / page

版 = 反 + 片 : Beelzebub (b) is trying to convince the protester (反) that he should create a DVD (片) edition (版) of his documents in the anthill (an3). Beelzebub tells him that he will sell him an appropriate DVD press (版) for a special price.

榜

牓

bǎng = b + ang3

variant of 榜[bang3]

榜 = 旁 + 木 : Every year at Christmas Beelzebub (b) steps up to the Christmas tree (木) in the anglepod (ang3) with his list of names (榜) of people who have been naughty. He announces (榜) the names one by one and everyone has to come up to him and drink a whole bottle of bourbon (旁) as penalty.

闸

牐

zhá = zh + a2

old variant of 閘|闸[zha2] / sluice / lock (on waterway)

牒

dié = di + e2

(official) document / dispatch

笺

牋

jia̅n = ji + an1

variant of 箋|笺[jian1]

牍