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笾

biān

Character Traditional 籩

What 笾 means

1. bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets

Characters built on 竹

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

• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 签qiānto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document…
• 篇piānsheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
• 箭jiànarrow
• 笺jiānletter; note-paper
• 箝qiánpliers; pincers; to clamp
• 笕jiǎnbamboo conduit; water pipe of bamboo
• 筅xiǎnbamboo brush for utensils

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
• 砭ancient stone acupuncture needle; to criticize; to pierce
• 鳊bream
• 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