片

片 (Kangxi radical 91, 片+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 中中一中 (LLML) or 中中一弓 (LLMN), four-corner 2202₇, composition ⿰丿⿱丄𠃍)

1. Kangxi radical #91, ⽚.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/片
• 𠯯, 𫭡, 𭖎, 扸, 沜, 𭤬, 㭊, 𤕰, 䏒, 𤰽, 𭽌, 𥞄, 𥩜, 𥸺, 𧈼, 𧦓, 𨐏, 𣶁, 𬫄, 𩢝, 𧌨, 魸
• 𠛁, 𢦤, 𣂔, 㲏, 覑, 𧣉, 𬷃, 𪚖, 𡵫, 𩂌, 𨳭

• KangXi: page 692, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19813
• Dae Jaweon: page 1105, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2014, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7247

Historical forms of the character 片
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Mirror image of 爿 (OC *braːn, “piece”).

Shuowen: Half of 木 (“wood; tree”) to denote “to pare; to slice”.

片

1. thin piece; flake; slice

   片子  ―  piànzi  ―  flake, small piece

2. film; TV play; photograph; record

   影片  ―  yǐngpiàn  ―  film, movie

   片子  ―  piānzi  ―  film, movie, film reel

3. (Cantonese) video (Classifier: 條／条 c)
4. (Cantonese, specifically) film; movie (Classifier: 套 c)

   賀歲片／贺岁片 [Cantonese]  ―  ho⁶ seoi³ pin^3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

   片商 [Cantonese]  ―  pin^3-2 soeng¹ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

5. (medicine) tablet
6. (dialectal) Short for 尿片 (niàopiàn).

   幫BB換片／帮BB换片 [Cantonese]  ―  bong¹ BB wun⁶ pin^3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to change diapers for the baby

   纜片／缆片 [Cantonese]  ―  laam⁶ pin^3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to wear a diaper

7. part of a place; area
8. (linguistics) subgroup; subdivision of a language

   廣府片／广府片 [Cantonese]  ―  gwong² fu² pin³ [Jyutping]  ―  Guangfu subgroup (of Yue Chinese)

9. to slice; to carve thin
10. partial; incomplete; one-sided

    片面  ―  piànmiàn  ―  unilateral, one-sided

11. Classifier for slices.

    一片麵包／一片面包  ―  yī piàn miànbāo  ―  a slice of bread

12. Classifier for flat objects such as leaves and pieces of paper.
13. Classifier for small nonspherical medicinal objects such as pills, tablets.
14. Classifier for tracts of land and areas of water.

    • 望著海一片　滿懷倦　無淚也無言 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
      望著海一片　满怀倦　无泪也无言 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

      From: 1984, 梅艷芳／梅艳芳, 似水流年

      mong⁶ zoek³ hoi² jat¹ pin³, mun⁵ waai⁴ gyun⁶, mou⁴ leoi⁶ jaa⁵ mou⁴ jin⁴ [Jyutping]

      Gazing at the sea, tired, without tears or words

15. Classifier for CDs, movies and DVDs.
16. (used with numeral 一) Classifier for scenarios, scenes, feelings, atmospheres, sounds, clouds.

    • 為何我心一片空虛 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
      为何我心一片空虚 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

      From: 1983, 陳百強／陈百强, 偏偏喜歡你／偏偏喜欢你

      wai⁴ ho⁴ ngo⁵ sam¹ jat¹ pin³ hung¹ heoi¹ [Jyutping]

      Why is my heart a tract of emptiness?

17. (Teochew) Classifier for doors and windows.
18. (Hakka, Teochew) side

    東片／东片 [Teochew]  ―  dang¹ pin³ [Peng'im]  ―  east; east side

    許片／许片 [Teochew]  ―  he² pin³ [Peng'im]  ―  there; that side

• (disc): 碟 (dié), 碟片 (diépiàn)

• → Proto-Southwestern Tai: *pʰɛːnᴮ¹
  • Ahom: 𑜇𑜢𑜐𑜫 (phiñ)
  • Lao: ແຜ່ນ (phǣn)
  • Northern Thai: ᨹᩯ᩠᩵ᨶ
  • Shan: ၽႅၼ်ႇ (phèn)
  • Tai Dam: ꪵꪠ꪿ꪙ
  • Tai Nüa: ᥚᥦᥢᥱ (phǎen)
  • Thai: แผ่น (pɛ̀n)

• “片”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #1225”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
• Kun: かた (kata, 片, Jōyō); ひら (hira, 片)

• 刀(かたな) (katana)
• 片(かた)仮(か)名(な) (katakana)
• 片(かた)道(みち) (katamichi)
• 片(かた)思(おも)い (kataomoi)

From Old Japanese. First cited in the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1]

Alexander Vovin calls it "certainly a Korean loanword", from Old Korean 一等 (*HAton, “one”).[2] However that argument is made by straining the word first appeared in literature over 5 centuries later to the place of ancestor, note that this is far-fetched.

Japanese sources describe this as cognate with 方(かた) (kata, “side, direction”).[3] But their accents are not accord; the compounds started with 片 show <LL-> accent in the Heian period, in contrast 方 has <HL> accent, thus it is unreasonable to expect a direct relationship between the two. Instead of that, 肩(かた) (kata, “shoulder”) might be more likely, via its <LH> accent and their compounds as a pair of homonym 傾(かた)げる (katageru, “to tilt, to incline”) / 担(かた)げる (katageru, “to carry on shoulder”). And also accent comparison might support this word belongs to verb root 勝(か)つ (katsu, “to win; to tend to”) or 搗(か)つ (katsu, “to pound”) (both have <L-> accent), accompanied by an adverb 且(か)つ (katsu, “besides; moreover; also; and”) which has <LF> accent.

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠]

片(かた) • (kata) 

1. [from 720] (archaic) one side or part of a pair or larger set
2. [from 720] (archaic) a piece or part

片(かた) • (kata-) 

1. [from 720] (prefixed to a noun) one side or part of a pair or larger set

   片(かた)手(て)、片(かた)身(み)

   katate, katami

   one hand, one half of the body

2. [from 720] (prefixed to a noun or verb) one-sided

   片(かた)思(おも)い、傾(かたむ)ける

   kataomoi, katamukeru

   one-sided thoughts / unrequited affection (as between two people), to lean to one side

3. [from 720] (prefixed to a noun or verb) incomplete, partial, small

   片(かた)山(やま)、片(かた)時(とき)、片(かた)笑(え)む

   katayama, katatoki, kataemu

   a small mountain, a short time, to smile slightly

4. [from 720] (prefixed to a noun) leaning or trending that way (emphasizing the quality of the prefixed noun)

   片(かた)田舎(いなか)

   katainaka

   the remote countryside

5. [from 720] (prefixed to a verb, archaic) frequently, intently, earnestly

   片(かた)設(ま)く

   katamaku

   to focus intently on doing one thing

片 (eumhun 조각 편 (jogak pyeon))

片: Hán Nôm readings: phiến, phiện, phim

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