砭 — Chinese character
砭
biān
stone probe; to pierce; to counsel
- Pinyin
- biān
- Radical
- 112 ⽯ (Stone)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 石 乏
- Formation
- pictophonetic — stone; meaning component 石; sound component 乏
Common words with 砭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 针砭 (針砭) | zhēn biān | to critique; to voice concerns about |
| 砭石 | biān shí | stone needle used in acupuncture |
| 攻砭 | gōng biān | to perform acupuncture |
| 痛砭 | tòng biān | to strongly criticize |
| 痛砭时弊 (痛砭時弊) | tòng biān shí bì | to strongly criticize the evils of the day |
| 砭灸 | biān jiǔ | see 砭灸术 (biān jiǔ shù) |
| 砭灸术 (砭灸術) | biān jiǔ shù | acupuncture and moxibustion (Chinese medicine) |
| 砭针 (砭針) | biān zhēn | remonstrance; admonition |
| 砭骨 | biān gǔ | to be extremely cold or painful |
English words written with 砭
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.