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砭

biān

Character

What 砭 means

1. ancient stone acupuncture needle
2. to criticize
3. to pierce

Words starting with 砭

• 砭石biān shístone needle used in acupuncture
• 砭针biān zhēnremonstrance; admonition
• 砭骨biān gǔto be extremely cold or painful
• 砭灸术biān jiǔ shùacupuncture and moxibustion (Chinese medicine)
• 砭灸biān jiǔsee 砭灸术

Words containing 砭

• 攻砭gōng biānto perform acupuncture
• 痛砭tòng biānto strongly criticize
• 针砭zhēn biānto critique; to voice concerns about; ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as…
• 痛砭时弊tòng biān shí bìto strongly criticize the evils of the day

Characters built on 乏

These share the phonetic component 乏 (fá), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 贬biǎnto diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate
• 窆biǎnto put a coffin in the grave

Sounds the same

Read biān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 边side; edge; margin
• 编to weave; to plait; to organize
• 鞭whip or lash; to flog; to whip
• 煸to stir-fry before broiling or stewing
• 蝙used in 蝙蝠
• 鳊bream
• 笾bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets
• 猵a kind of otter
• 箯bamboo sedan chair
• 邉old variant of 边
• 㺍old variant of 猵
• 萹see 萹蓄; Taiwan pr. piān