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biān

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biān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
biān | bian1
English translation
border, edge, margin, side

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About biān

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

biān

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of biān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶臱

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of biān . Phonosemantic compound with two sound components and two meaning components. chuò and Fāng represent the meaning, while and bǐng represent the sound. The traditional component was removed for simplification. The traditional component bǐng w

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Words with biān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
biān side biān
身边 shēn biān on hand身邊
那边 nà bian over there那邊
一边 yībiān one side一邊
这边 zhè biān here這邊
旁边 pángbiān lateral旁邊
右边 yòubian right side右邊
周边 zhōubiān rim周邊
左边 zuǒbian left左邊
边缘 biānyuán edge邊緣
路边 lù biān curb路邊
边境 biānjìng frontier邊境
边界 biānjiè boundary邊界
海边 hǎi biān coast海邊
两边 liǎng bian either side兩邊
双边 shuāng biān bilateral雙邊
河边 hé biān river bank河邊
里边 lǐ bian inside裡邊
湖边 hú biān lakeside湖邊
外边 wài bian outside外邊
岸边 àn biān shore岸邊
靠边 kào biān to pull over靠邊
边防 biān fáng frontier defense邊防
西边 xī biān west西邊

biān Decomposition & Compounds

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