Chinese symbol for “sheet”
篇
piān
sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sheet is 篇 (piān), defined as: sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sheet”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 被单 (被單) | bèi dān | (bed) sheet; envelope for a padded coverlet |
| 片儿 (片兒) | piān r | sheet; thin film |
| 片 | piān | disk; sheet |
| 薄板 | báo bǎn | thin plate; sheet |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 篇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 长篇 (長篇) | cháng piān | lengthy (report or speech) |
| 篇幅 | piān fu | length (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page |
| 短篇小说 (短篇小說) | duǎn piān xiǎo shuō | short story |
| 篇章 | piān zhāng | chapter; section (of a written work); passage of writing; (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth) |
| 长篇小说 (長篇小說) | cháng piān xiǎo shuō | novel; full-length novel |
| 诗篇 (詩篇) | shī piān | a poem; a composition in verse |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sheet”.
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.