匾 — Chinese character
匾
biǎn
a board, sign, or tablet made from bamboo
- Pinyin
- biǎn
- Radical
- 23 ⼖ (Hiding Enclosure)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 匸 扁
- Formation
- ideographic — A board 扁 made of bamboo 匸; 扁 also provides the pronunciation
Common words with 匾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 匾额 (匾額) | biǎn é | a horizontal inscribed board |
| 牌匾 | pái biǎn | board (attached to a wall) |
| 横匾 (橫匾) | héng biǎn | horizontal tablet (for an inscription) |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.