Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 片

Modern (Beijing) reading: piàn

Preclassic Old Chinese: phēns

Classic Old Chinese: phēnh

Western Han Chinese: phjānh

Eastern Han Chinese: phiānh

Early Postclassic Chinese: phiḕn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: phiḕn

Late Postclassic Chinese: phiḕn

Middle Chinese: phìen

English meaning : partial, one-sided [LZ]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) дощечка; щепка; стружка; пластинка; полоска; ломтик; 2) карточка, открытка; визитная карточка; 3) лепесток; часть; отрывок; кусочек; 4) счетный суффикс; [piān] 1) фильм, кинокартина; 2) граммофонная пластинка

Comments: Also read *phān-s, MC phwần, Pek. pàn "one half, one of two parts" (LZ)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 91

Four-angle index: 2798

Karlgren code: 0218 a

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pher

Meaning: flat

Chinese: 片 *phēns board, flat surface (cf. also 篇 *phen writing slip, 扁 *b_ē̆nʔ table with inscription).

Kachin: pjan¹ to grow, unfold and flatten, as a leaf.

Comments: The root seems to be distinct from *pērH, although they are very close and mergers were possible.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 112

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 片

MC description : 山開四去霰滂

ZIHUI: 3651 1784

Beijing: phian 3

Jinan: phiã 3

Xi'an: phiã 3

Taiyuan: phiɛ 3

Hankou: phian 3

Chengdu: phian 3

Yangzhou: phî̃ 3

Suzhou: phî 31

Wenzhou: phi 31

Changsha: phiẽ 31

Shuangfeng: phî̃ 31

Nanchang: phiɛn 2

Meixian: phiɛn 2

Guangzhou: phin 31

Xiamen: phian 31 (lit.); phĩ 31

Chaozhou: phieŋ 31

Fuzhou: phieŋ 31

Shanghai: phî 3

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