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蹁

pián

Character

What 蹁 means

1. to limp

Characters built on 扁

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

• 编biānto weave; to plait; to organize
• 遍biàneverywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 篇piānsheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
• 骗piànto cheat; to swindle; to deceive
• 蝙biānused in 蝙蝠
• 翩piānto fly fast
• 匾biǎnhorizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall…

Sounds the same

Read pián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 便used in 便宜; used in 便便; used in 便嬛
• 胼used in 胼胝
• 骈(of a pair of horses) to pull side by side; to be side by side; to be fused together
• 楩(tree)