篇
piān
HSK 4
#1,006 most
frequent character
sheet, piece of writing
noun
Measure Word
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
篇 joins 𥫗, bamboo, with 扁 biǎn, whose sound is close. It first meant texts written on strips of bamboo. One such text became a piece of writing, and the word then served as a measure word for sheets of paper and for chapters or articles.
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Example Sentences
这篇文章非常有趣。
zhèpiānwénzhāng fēicháng yǒuqù 。
This piece of writing is very interesting.
我写了一篇关于旅游的报告。
wǒ xiě le yīpiān guānyú lǚyóu de bàogào 。
I wrote a report about traveling.
请把这篇书籍归还给图书馆。
qǐng bǎ zhè piān shūjí guīhuángěi túshū guǎn 。
Please return this book to the library.
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