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Mythic Mandarin

两边 (liǎng biān): meaning and stroke order

两边 (liǎng biān) means either side; both sides.

两边

Simplified
两边
Traditional
兩邊
Pinyin
liǎng biān

Stroke order of 两边

两

  • liǎng two; both
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 兩

Stroke by stroke

边

  • biān side; edge
  • bian suffix of a noun of locality
  • 5 strokes
  • Traditional form: 邊

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 两边

  1. liǎng biān Traditional 兩邊
    • either side; both sides

Radicals of the characters

两
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 7 strokes
边
Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 6 strokes · built from 辶 and 力

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

两边 in our stories

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  • 所谓锔瓷，就是在破碎的瓷器两边钻出小孔，用金属做的锔钉像订书钉一样把碎片钉在一起。

    suǒwèi jū cí jiùshì zài pòsuì de cíqì liǎngbiān zuān chū xiǎokǒng yòng jīnshǔ zuò de jūdīng xiàng dìngshūdīng yíyàng bǎ suìpiàn dìng zài yìqǐ

    Porcelain riveting means drilling small holes on either side of a break and fixing the pieces together with metal rivets, like staples.

    From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 两边

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).