篇
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
篇 (piān) · measure word for articles, essays etc.
篇 (piān) means “measure word for articles, essays etc.”. It is made of ⺮ + 扁 and has 15 strokes, and is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
Break 篇 into its parts
What 篇 is made of
- ⺮ zhú — bamboo
- 扁 biǎn — flat
- 户 hù — door
- 丶 — dot
- 尸 shī — body
- 户 hù — door
Origin hint: A bamboo ⺮ tablet 扁; 扁 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
篇 stroke order
Example sentences
我每天写一篇日记。Wǒ měi tiān xiě yī piān rìjì.I write a diary entry every day.
这篇课文很长吗？Zhè piān kèwén hěn cháng ma?Is this text long?
Also built with ⺮
- 笑xiàoto smile
- 笔bǐpen
- 符fúamulet
- 笨bènstupid
- 第dìordinal prefix (first, second…)
- 笼lóngbasket
- 等děngto wait
- 筋jīnmuscles
- 筐kuāngbasket
- 筑zhùbuilding
- 筒tǒngtube
- 答dáto answer
Quick facts
| Pinyin | piān |
|---|---|
| Meaning | measure word for articles, essays etc. |
| Strokes | 15 |
| Radical | 竹 (bamboo, #118) |
| Pattern | Top–bottom |
| HSK | HSK 4 (exam 2025) · HSK 2 (2021) · Old HSK 4 |
Questions about 篇
What does 篇 mean?
篇 (piān) means “measure word for articles, essays etc.”.
How many strokes does 篇 have?
篇 has 15 strokes.
What is the radical of 篇?
The radical of 篇 is 竹 (zhú, “bamboo”), Kangxi radical number 118.
What parts make up 篇?
篇 is made of ⺮ (bamboo) and 扁 (flat).
Which HSK level is 篇?
篇 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Learn 篇 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 23: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.