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
scrap; bits and pieces left over
to back sb up; to support sb in an argument
rough edge; raw edge (textiles, papermaking etc)
river bank
frontier stockade
length (of a side, geom.)
border station; frontier post
heptagon
triangle
erhua variant of shàng bian
erhua variant of xià bian
scalene triangle
irregular quadrilateral; trapezium
Sino-Russian Border Agreement of 1991
border area of northwest China (i.e. Xinjiang)
nonagon
a side-bar (in software)
beside; near
A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
octagon
convex polygon
protruding edge; rim
erhua variant of qián bian
erhua variant of běi biān
dodecagon