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Chinese symbol for “unilateral”

片面
piàn miàn
unilateral; one-sided

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unilateral is 片面 (piàn miàn), defined as: unilateral; one-sided.

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

片 piàn
slice, splinter; page, strip
radical 91 ⽚ · 4 strokes
面 miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
radical 176 ⾯ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “unilateral”

WordPinyinMeaning
单方面 (單方面)dān fāng miànunilateral
单方 (單方)dān fāngunilateral; one-sided
单边 (單邊)dān biānunilateral
单侧 (單側)dān cèone-sided; unilateral

Related words

Other words that share a character with 片面.

WordPinyinMeaning
照片zhào piànphotograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú)
图片 (圖片)tú piànpicture; photograph; 张 (zhāng)
影片yǐng piàna copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie
片段piàn duànfragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc)
短片duǎn piànshort film; video clip
纪录片 (紀錄片)jì lù piànnewsreel; documentary (film or TV program)
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect
里面 (裏面)lǐ miànvariant of 里面 (lǐ miàn)

See also: Japanese symbol for “unilateral”.

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.