The kanji 片: meaning, readings and stroke order

片

Meaning: one side, piece
On reading: ヘン hen
Kun reading: かた kata
Strokes: 4
Radical: 片 slice
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: một bên, mảnh (phiến)
Japanese: ふたつのうちのかたほう。かけら。
Korean: 한쪽, 조각 (편)
Chinese: 一侧、碎片

Readings, words and example sentences

ヘン hen · on reading · less common

断だん片ぺん
bit, piece, fragment
話の 断だん片ぺんしか聞こえません。
I can only hear bits of the talk.

かた kata · kun reading

片かた手て
one hand
片かた手てでかばんを持ちます。
I hold my bag in one hand.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.