TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
片
ㄆㄧㄢˋ · piàn
noun — a slice, flat piece; measure word for flat things
字源 FORM — what the parts do
片形the right half of a tree 木 split down the middle木 cut in two — the left half is 爿, this is the right
Split a tree (木) straight down the middle and take the right half — that flat slab is 片, a slice. The whole graph is that half-trunk. From a sliver of wood came any thin flat piece: 一片、相片、卡片. As a radical it heads flat-board words: 版、牌.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一棵樹（木）從中劈開，右半倒下——一片。
A tree (木) is split down the middle; the right half falls away — one slice.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)木片、一片— a thin flat piece, slice常用
→相片、卡片— photo, card (flat sheet)常用
→一片心意— (measure word for flat or expansive things)常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
爿qiángthe other half — 爿 is the LEFT half of the split tree, the right; mirror images版＝ ＋ 反bǎnthe radical at work — 版 builds a printing-block on 's flat board