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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
piān - sheet
- piece of writing
- bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
- classifier for written items: chapter, article

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 2 1,995 1,390 750

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A bamboo ⺮ tablet 扁; 扁 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 2 1,995 1,390 750
篇章 - - 20,574 19,039 20,623
千篇一律 - - 24,635 30,146 25,474
长篇 - - 25,164 20,252 22,068
短篇小说 - - 25,255 37,256 37,922
诗篇 - - 26,744 28,644 21,158
开篇 - - 30,372 30,957 26,153
篇幅 - 9 36,221 15,811 26,325
长篇小说 - - 54,780 23,353 34,619
中篇小说 - - 61,845 53,968 59,136
连篇累牍 - - 66,853 64,355 88,698
续篇 - - 95,321 - -