片

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/片

Glyph origin
Mirror image of.



Definitions

 * 1) thin piece; flake; slice
 * 2) film; TV play; photograph; record
 * 3)  video
 * 4)  film; movie
 * 5)  tablet
 * 6)  diaper; nappy
 * 7) part of a place; area
 * 8)  subgroup; subdivision of a language
 * 9) to slice; to carve thin
 * 10)  to fight
 * 11)  to throw something along its thin side
 * 12)  to squeeze into a gap
 * 13)  bribe
 * 14) partial; incomplete; one-sided
 * 15)  side
 * 1)  subgroup; subdivision of a language
 * 2) to slice; to carve thin
 * 3)  to fight
 * 4)  to throw something along its thin side
 * 5)  to squeeze into a gap
 * 6)  bribe
 * 7) partial; incomplete; one-sided
 * 8)  side
 * 1) partial; incomplete; one-sided
 * 2)  side
 * 1)  side
 * 1)  side
 * 1)  side
 * 1)  side
 * 1)  side
 * 1)  side
 * 1)  side
 * 1)  side
 * 1)  side
 * 1)  side
 * 1)  side

Etymology
From, from. First cited in the  of 720.

asserts it's a loanword from ; compare. However, Vovin's source for the Koreanic term is a document that is over 500 years newer than the first Japonic mention; it would have to be an even earlier borrowing into Japanese.

Japanese sources describe this as cognate with. However, the pitch accents differ: compounds starting with show   accent in the, in contrast to , which is recorded with a   accent instead, suggesting no direct relationship between the two.

Alternatively, might be a more likely cognate given that term's matching   accent and compounds also indicating homonymy: compare,. Also, accent comparison might support that this word derives from the verb root or  (both have an   accent), and adverb  which has an   accent.

Prefix

 * 1)   one side or part of a pair or larger set
 * 2)   one-sided
 * 3)   incomplete, partial, small
 * 4)   leaning or trending that way
 * 5)   frequently, intently, earnestly
 * 1)   leaning or trending that way
 * 2)   frequently, intently, earnestly
 * 1)   frequently, intently, earnestly
 * 1)   frequently, intently, earnestly