piān = pi + an1
sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article
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How to pronounce 篇

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= pi initial

Pi is for Pocahontas.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago
+ an1 final

In front of the anthill.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago

篇 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
zhú = zhu + Ø2
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
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biǎn = bi + an3
flat / (coll.) to beat (sb) up / old variant of 匾[bian3]
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piān = pi + an1
small boat
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zhú = zhu + Ø2
bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118
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Characters with 篇 as component

篇 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 篇

writing / sections and chapters
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all

Sentences with 篇

篇 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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piān

sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article

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