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篇 piān measure word for articles and essays

measure word for articles and essays; sheet; piece of writing; piece of paper

How to remember 篇: 𥫗 bamboo + 扁 flat = measure word for articles and essays. At her bamboo desk the student lays her notebook flat and practises the Chinese measure word for articles and essays.

  • 1,008. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 15 strokes
  • Radical 竹

Component breakdown

篇 = 𥫗 bamboo + 扁 flat

  • 𥫗 bamboo
  • 扁 flat
The Gushi story

At her bamboo desk the student lays her notebook flat and practises the Chinese measure word for articles and essays.

How it is used

  • A measure word for written pieces - 一篇文章 (yì piān wénzhāng) an article, 一篇作文 (yì piān zuòwén) an essay.
  • Use 篇 for texts that form a whole composition (articles, essays), versus 张 (zhāng) for sheets of paper.
  • 篇幅 (piānfú) = the length/extent of a piece of writing: 篇幅太长 (piānfú tài cháng) it runs too long.

Words with 篇

Example sentences

  • 她在报纸发表了一篇文章。 Tā zài bàozhǐ fābiǎole yì piān wénzhāng.He published an article in the newspaper.
  • 他在报纸发表了一篇文章。 Tā zài bàozhǐ fābiǎole yì piān wénzhāng.He published an article in the newspaper.