Read Edit View history 边 biānbian HSK1 edge Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 邊. Phonosemantic compound. 辶 and 方 represent the meaning, while 自 and 丙 represent the sound. The traditional components 自 and 丙 were removed for simplification. Pinyin Separate values with commas biān ×bian × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 边 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 邊 ×边 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the 方 component in the traditional character 邊. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 边 Simp strokes 边 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 辶 is a component form of 辵. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 边 Simp strokes 边 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 边 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 423, 504 ], [ 459, 494 ], [ 481, 497 ], [ 742, 554 ], [ 766, 552 ], [ 789, 531 ], [ 755, 307 ], [ 738, 246 ], [ 717, 200 ], [ 701, 180 ], [ 678, 167 ], [ 596, 215 ] ], [ [ 583, 785 ], [ 621, 742 ], [ 612, 616 ], [ 589, 482 ], [ 554, 372 ], [ 514, 285 ], [ 470, 217 ], [ 429, 171 ] ], [ [ 249, 779 ], [ 337, 714 ], [ 361, 670 ] ], [ [ 101, 466 ], [ 126, 464 ], [ 162, 472 ], [ 262, 510 ], [ 276, 511 ], [ 303, 493 ], [ 297, 447 ], [ 264, 370 ], [ 268, 337 ], [ 303, 270 ], [ 315, 234 ], [ 313, 201 ], [ 296, 185 ] ], [ [ 98, 142 ], [ 141, 127 ], [ 231, 158 ], [ 281, 162 ], [ 318, 156 ], [ 587, 58 ], [ 745, 22 ], [ 816, 25 ], [ 914, 52 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 623 512 Q 672 524 725 530 Q 741 531 746 524 Q 752 511 749 474 Q 739 344 714 273 Q 701 230 687 216 Q 675 203 649 210 Q 618 217 591 225 Q 569 231 585 211 Q 628 165 651 131 Q 660 112 679 117 Q 695 118 717 141 Q 777 201 804 433 Q 810 485 830 516 Q 846 535 838 546 Q 822 564 789 579 Q 765 592 739 580 Q 693 561 630 544 L 571 532 Q 483 514 431 514 Q 413 515 413 506 Q 412 497 432 484 Q 457 468 479 476 Q 522 489 565 499 L 623 512 Z", "M 565 499 Q 532 340 427 184 Q 423 177 420 171 Q 417 159 428 162 Q 461 166 538 284 Q 550 305 562 329 Q 601 416 623 512 L 630 544 Q 637 590 643 634 Q 652 713 658 729 Q 668 744 660 758 Q 644 777 610 791 Q 591 803 577 798 Q 564 791 571 776 Q 589 749 585 673 Q 585 616 571 532 L 565 499 Z", "M 271 729 Q 299 701 329 667 Q 344 651 361 650 Q 374 650 380 665 Q 387 681 379 716 Q 375 738 341 757 Q 263 794 244 787 Q 238 783 239 768 Q 242 755 271 729 Z", "M 313 178 Q 329 188 335 207 Q 347 249 300 321 Q 266 378 346 481 Q 368 500 348 515 Q 327 530 292 543 Q 270 556 252 537 Q 219 513 178 496 Q 121 471 103 473 Q 96 474 94 469 Q 93 463 101 459 Q 143 441 244 483 Q 254 487 263 476 Q 285 454 264 423 Q 212 369 263 303 Q 293 240 295 216 Q 295 194 290 182 Q 289 182 289 181 C 280 152 291 158 313 178 Z", "M 289 181 Q 243 185 192 170 Q 155 157 97 154 Q 90 154 86 146 Q 83 139 91 128 Q 107 109 131 97 Q 143 90 162 103 Q 237 154 308 137 Q 372 122 502 64 Q 728 -41 808 -14 Q 871 8 924 45 Q 948 60 923 60 Q 706 51 544 101 Q 469 123 381 157 Q 348 173 313 178 L 289 181 Z" ] } 5 strokes 边 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 423, 504 ], [ 459, 494 ], [ 481, 497 ], [ 742, 554 ], [ 766, 552 ], [ 789, 531 ], [ 755, 307 ], [ 738, 246 ], [ 717, 200 ], [ 701, 180 ], [ 678, 167 ], [ 596, 215 ] ], [ [ 583, 785 ], [ 621, 742 ], [ 612, 616 ], [ 589, 482 ], [ 554, 372 ], [ 514, 285 ], [ 470, 217 ], [ 429, 171 ] ], [ [ 249, 779 ], [ 337, 714 ], [ 361, 670 ] ], [ [ 101, 466 ], [ 126, 464 ], [ 162, 472 ], [ 262, 510 ], [ 276, 511 ], [ 303, 493 ], [ 297, 447 ], [ 264, 370 ], [ 268, 337 ], [ 303, 270 ], [ 315, 234 ], [ 313, 201 ], [ 296, 185 ] ], [ [ 98, 142 ], [ 141, 127 ], [ 231, 158 ], [ 281, 162 ], [ 318, 156 ], [ 587, 58 ], [ 745, 22 ], [ 816, 25 ], [ 914, 52 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 623 512 Q 672 524 725 530 Q 741 531 746 524 Q 752 511 749 474 Q 739 344 714 273 Q 701 230 687 216 Q 675 203 649 210 Q 618 217 591 225 Q 569 231 585 211 Q 628 165 651 131 Q 660 112 679 117 Q 695 118 717 141 Q 777 201 804 433 Q 810 485 830 516 Q 846 535 838 546 Q 822 564 789 579 Q 765 592 739 580 Q 693 561 630 544 L 571 532 Q 483 514 431 514 Q 413 515 413 506 Q 412 497 432 484 Q 457 468 479 476 Q 522 489 565 499 L 623 512 Z", "M 565 499 Q 532 340 427 184 Q 423 177 420 171 Q 417 159 428 162 Q 461 166 538 284 Q 550 305 562 329 Q 601 416 623 512 L 630 544 Q 637 590 643 634 Q 652 713 658 729 Q 668 744 660 758 Q 644 777 610 791 Q 591 803 577 798 Q 564 791 571 776 Q 589 749 585 673 Q 585 616 571 532 L 565 499 Z", "M 271 729 Q 299 701 329 667 Q 344 651 361 650 Q 374 650 380 665 Q 387 681 379 716 Q 375 738 341 757 Q 263 794 244 787 Q 238 783 239 768 Q 242 755 271 729 Z", "M 313 178 Q 329 188 335 207 Q 347 249 300 321 Q 266 378 346 481 Q 368 500 348 515 Q 327 530 292 543 Q 270 556 252 537 Q 219 513 178 496 Q 121 471 103 473 Q 96 474 94 469 Q 93 463 101 459 Q 143 441 244 483 Q 254 487 263 476 Q 285 454 264 423 Q 212 369 263 303 Q 293 240 295 216 Q 295 194 290 182 Q 289 182 289 181 C 280 152 291 158 313 178 Z", "M 289 181 Q 243 185 192 170 Q 155 157 97 154 Q 90 154 86 146 Q 83 139 91 128 Q 107 109 131 97 Q 143 90 162 103 Q 237 154 308 137 Q 372 122 502 64 Q 728 -41 808 -14 Q 871 8 924 45 Q 948 60 923 60 Q 706 51 544 101 Q 469 123 381 157 Q 348 173 313 178 L 289 181 Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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