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, one-sided (side form)
かたへん katahen · side form of 片 かた kata
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
“Split it right! This radical represents the physical objects made from split wood and the conceptual "sides" of an issue. When it sits on the left, think of tablets, woodblock printing, playing cards, and anything that is one part of a balanced pair. It is the radical of the fragment, the playing card, and the printed page, bringing the weight of history and the power of the press to its characters.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates fragments of wood, tablets for records, wooden signs, cards used for gaming, and the act of publishing or reproducing information.
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