字の旅2,200 years in two forms
Small seal · QinQin · 221 BCE說文‧片部
Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Tools & Weapons
片
片 split wood, fragment
かた kata · as a side part かたへん katahen
4 strokesRadical of 2 kanjiPart of 1
Your ink in 片0% painted · 0 of 2 familiar
Origin · sourced
Mirror image of 爿 (“piece”), which is the pictogram of a bed.
Source: Wiktionary, 片 (rev. 93182973), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“One side of the story! This radical represents the concept of being incomplete, partial, or a single part of a balanced pair. When you see it, think of fragments, one-sided perspectives, and the individual pieces that make up a whole. It brings the energy of the "half" and the beauty of the partial to its characters, reminding us that every piece has its place in the grand design.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates fragments or pieces of wood, thin tablets/boards, printing and publishing (woodblocks), and the concept of being "one-sided" or partial.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 片, with sourced origins
- 版printing blockハン
片 + 反sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
一覧
Every kanji with 片 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 2 kanji