片假名 piànjiǎmíng katakana Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 片 piàn noun brief (bound form) incomplete; one-sided; brief; tiny or partial; short-lived假名 jiǎmíng kana The Japanese phonetic scripts, including 平假名 píngjiǎmíng and 片假名 piànjiǎmíng.