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biàn

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biàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
biàn | bian4
English translation
braid, pigtail, plait; queue

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About biàn

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Number of strokes

20

Traditional form

biàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of biàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辛糸辛

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Xīn

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Words with biàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
辫子 biànzi plait辮子
biàn to plait biàn
小辫子 xiǎo biàn zi pigtail小辮子
发辫 fà biàn braid髮辮
小辫 xiǎo biàn pigtail小辮
翘辫子 qiào biàn zi (coll.) to die翹辮子
抓辫子 zhuā biàn zi to grab sb by the pigtail抓辮子
揪辫子 jiū biàn zi to seize on weak points揪辮子

biàn Decomposition & Compounds

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