边
biānbian HSK1

edge

边 (邊) biān frequency
side directional
side, edge, margin, border, or boundary of an object or area

他坐在河边看书。

tā zuò zài hé biān kàn shū.

He is sitting by the river reading a book.

simultaneously adverb
indicating two actions occurring at the same time, often used in the pattern 边 biān...边 biān...

我们边走边谈吧。

wǒ​men biān zǒu biān tán ba.

Let's talk as we walk.

边 (邊) bian
side measure word
suffix of a noun of locality

他就坐在我的左边。

tā jiù zuò zài wǒ de zuǒ bian.

He is sitting right to my left.

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Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
316th most common 704.3 per million
Movie subtitles
257th most common 661.2 per million appears in 92% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
100.9 per million appears in 33% of films
Written text
179.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
邊
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+8FB9

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)