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Chinese symbol for “lean”

偏
piān
to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lean is 偏 (piān), defined as: to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

偏 piān
slanting, inclined; prejudiced
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “lean”

WordPinyinMeaning
精瘦jīng shòu(coll.) lean (figure, meat etc); slender
倾斜 (傾斜)qīng xiéto incline; to lean
侧 (側)cèthe side; to incline towards
瘦shòuthin; to lose weight
倾 (傾)qīngto overturn; to collapse

Related words

Other words that share a character with 偏.

WordPinyinMeaning
偏见 (偏見)piān jiànprejudice; bias
偏偏piān piān(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite
偏向piān xiàngpartial towards sth; to prefer
偏离 (偏離)piān líto deviate; to diverge
偏好piān hàoto have a special liking (for sth)
偏差piān chādeviation; bias

See also: Japanese symbol for “lean”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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