biān bian

side; edge; border

HSK 2 #316

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 316th character
Radical ⾡ (162.2)
Strokes 5
Index # 337
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

边 biān
  1. 1. side
  2. 2. edge
  3. 3. border
  4. 4. boundary
  5. 5. margin
  6. 6. simultaneously
  7. 7. CL
边 bian
  1. 1. suffix of a noun of locality

Stroke order

边 stroke order diagram
边 stroke order animation

Words containing 边

Word Meaning
not care about one's appearance (idiom)
fig. to skirt the line legally or morally
border town; remote town
edge; fringe
Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia
(of a dress etc) border, edging
border line; boundary line
(economics) marginal; boundary; bound
womenfolk; half the sky; women of the new society
Watanabe (Japanese surname)
boundless; limitless; extremely vast
hypotenuse (of a right-angled triangle); sloping side
frontier; border area
frame; rim
to marginalize; marginalization
base (of a triangle); base line; hem line (of skirt)
to be relevant; welt; facing (of a garment)
border station; strategic defensive position on frontier
quadrilateral
pentagon
hexagon
multilateral
polygon
pillow talk
frontier fortress