Word information
Simplified偏旁
Traditional偏旁
Pinyinpiānpáng
Part of speech名
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
偏旁
piānpáng · component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part)
Character breakdown
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How to learn 偏旁
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Words with the same characters
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旁边pángbiān
side; adjacent place
旁人pángrénother people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders
偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations
偏爱piān’àito be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer; preference; favorite
偏差piānchābias; deviation
偏见piānjiànprejudice; bias