偏旁

Chinese

		left part of a character	right part of a character
trad. (偏旁)		偏	旁
simp. #(偏旁)		偏	旁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piānpáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢ ㄆㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin¹ pong⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'pien¹ pong²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phian-pông / phian-pâng
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pienn¹ ban²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piānpáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ ㄆㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pianpáng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien¹-pʻang²
    • Yale: pyān-páng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pianparng
    • Palladius: пяньпан (pjanʹpan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piānpángr
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ ㄆㄤˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pianpángr
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien¹-pʻang²-ʼrh
    • Yale: pyān-pángr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pianparngl
    • Palladius: пяньпанр (pjanʹpanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin¹ pong⁴
    • Yale: pīn pòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹ pong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin¹ pong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵ pʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'pien¹ pong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈpʰiɛn⁴² pʰɔŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phian-pông
    • Tâi-lô: phian-pông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phienpoong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² pɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn³³ pɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² pɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phian-pâng
    • Tâi-lô: phian-pâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phienpaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² paŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² paŋ¹³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: pienn¹ ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ẽ³³ pan¹³/

Noun

偏旁

1. (Chinese linguistics) component (of a Chinese character; usually the 部首 and the one other part; more restricted in usage than 部件)

Usage notes

In colloquial usage, the term 偏旁 is often used in the same way as 部首 (bùshǒu, “radical”), which refers to a specific 偏旁 (component) used for the indexing of characters in Chinese dictionaries. There is only one 部首 (radical) in any character, but there are often two or more 偏旁 (components) in a character. 偏旁 (component) is also distinct from 部件 (bùjiàn, “part”). There can be several 部件 (parts) in a character; a 偏旁 (component) can be made up of more than one 部件 (part).

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 字爿
• (Wu) 邊旁／边旁

Hyponyms

• radical, or indexing component: 部首 (bùshǒu, “radical (of Chinese characters)”)
• For phono-semantic compounds (形聲字／形声字 (xíngshēngzì)):
  • semantic component: 形旁 (xíngpáng) and 意符 (yìfú)
  • phonetic component: 聲旁／声旁 (shēngpáng), 聲符／声符 (shēngfú), and 音符 (yīnfú)

Derived terms

• 形聲偏旁／形声偏旁 (xíngshēng piānpáng)

 

See also

• 部首 (bùshǒu, “Chinese character radicals”)
• 形聲／形声 (xíngshēng, “Phono-semantic compounding”)