篇 piān▶ mảnh; miếng

Stroke order

篇 is written in 15 strokes.

• 篇

Senses

1. sheet
2. piece of writing
3. bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
4. classifier for written items: chapter, article

Example sentences

• 他写了一篇文章。Tā xiě le yī piān wénzhāng.He wrote a piece, an article.
• 这篇报道很有意思。Zhè piān bàodào hěn yǒu yìsi.This piece of reporting is very interesting.

Related words

• 脾气Tính khí xấu
• 骗kẻ ngốc, lừa dối

篇 is pronounced piān and means “mảnh; miếng”. HSK 4 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 篇 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.