biānbian

edge

Phonosemantic compound with two sound components and two meaning components. and represent the meaning, while and represent the sound.

Components
自 sound component

  Sound component

  

self

was the original form of (bí; nose).

丙 sound component

  Sound component

bǐng

  

third

方 meaning component

  Meaning component

fāng

  

square

辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

is a component form of .

Evolution

邊 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
邊 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
邊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
邊 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
邊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

biān

edge, margin, side, border; side; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:|[gè]; simultaneously

() 

bian

suffix of a noun of locality

Most common words with 邊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

side

身边

on hand

那边

over there

一边

one side

这边

here