片

piān
#455 most
frequent character
disk, sheet

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

片 is a picture of a tree split down the middle, so it first meant 'half a tree.' The sense then grew to 'a slice of something' and later 'flat object.'

Drawn as: tree split down middle

片 as a component in other characters

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