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Mythic Mandarin

偏 (piān): meaning and stroke order

偏 (piān) means to lean, to slant, oblique, prejudiced, to deviate from average.

偏

Simplified
偏
Traditional
偏 (same form)
Pinyin
piān

Stroke order of 偏

偏

  • piān to lean; to slant
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 偏

  1. piān
    • to lean
    • to slant
    • oblique
    • prejudiced
    • to deviate from average
    • to stray from the intended line
    • stubbornly
    • contrary to expectations

Radical and structure

偏
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 11 strokes · 亻 on the left, 扁 on the right

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.

Words with 偏

  • 偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason
  • 偏远 piān yuǎn remote; far from civilization
  • 偏见 piān jiàn prejudice; bias

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).