篇 (piān) — a piece of writing; a sheet

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篇 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

篇＝竹＋扁

ㄆㄧㄢ · piān

noun/measure — a piece of writing; a sheet

字源 FORM — what the parts do

竹義bamboo — the writing slip

扁聲biǎn — gives the sounda tablet (冊) by a door (戶) — flat, a signboard

Tbiǎn → piān — only the tone moves

Before paper, writing went on flat bamboo (竹) slips bound in a row. 扁 biǎn — flat — carries the sound, the same piece in 偏 and 編. One bound run of slips, one text: 一篇、篇章、詩篇.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一片片扁竹簡（竹）編成排，從頭讀到尾——這一篇。

Flat bamboo slips (竹) bound in a row, read end to end — one whole piece.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)竹簡、書— a bound sheet of writing

→篇章、一篇— an article; a piece (measure)常用

⇒詩篇、篇幅— a written work; its length

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension