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one side 片
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Explanation |
Developed from a split tree. The other side of the fragment is: 爿. It is often used simplified as a bed: 丬.
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Used in these characters:
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版
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| publication, print, edition, block of printing
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Left: part, fragment 片 (tree, halved vertically, here: relief of a printing block), right: against, opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
The printing block is (pushed) "against" for printing the publication.
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片
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| one side, imperfection, incomplete
kata, HEN
片
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When splitting a tree, these fragments are created: 丬=爿 and 片
Pictograph of the right side of a tree split into half with branches.
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