偏旁 (piān páng) — component of a Chinese character (such as the radical or the phonetic part)
Definition
A technical term for a structural component of a Chinese character — the radical (carrying meaning) or the phonetic part (carrying sound). The 旁 in 一旁 means 'side' as in 'beside', not a character component.
noun
component of a Chinese character (such as the radical or the phonetic part)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 偏旁？Zhè ge zì de zuǒ biān shì shén me piān páng?What is the component on the left side of this character?
- 偏旁？Zhè ge piān páng biǎo shì yì si hái shì shēng yīn?Does this component represent meaning or sound?
- 偏旁。Jì zhù bú rèn shi de zì de piān páng kě yǐ bāng zhù nǐ chá zì diǎn.Remembering the components of characters you don't know can help you look them up in a dictionary.
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