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边

biān, bian

edge

Simplified form of 邊. Phonosemantic compound. 辶 and 方 represent the meaning, while 自 and 丙 represent the sound. The traditional components 自 and 丙 were removed for simplification.

Components
力 simplified component

力  Simplified component

lì

  

power

Shorthand for the 方 component in the traditional character 邊.

辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

Evolution

边 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
边 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
边 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

边 (邊) 

biān

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

边 (邊) 

bian

suffix of a noun of locality

Most common words with 边
Freq.
Word
Meaning

边

side

身边

on hand

那边

over there

一边

one side

这边

here

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

笾

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 92.4075% of movies

257th most common character in movies

316th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

邊

Unicode

U+8FB9


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