Chinese Word: 瓣 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

瓣HSK 6

Pinyin: bàn

English Definition: petal; segment; clove (of garlic); piece; section; fragment; valve; lamella; classifier for pieces, segments etc

Chinese Definition:
①组成花冠的各片：花瓣。
②植物的种子、果实或球茎可以分开的片状物：豆瓣儿。蒜瓣儿。
③物体破裂分成的部分。
④量词。

Total strokes: 19; Radical: 瓜

Pictophonetic:辡 indicates the sound; 瓜 (melon) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿲ Left to middle and right
- 辛 [ xīn ] bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem
- 瓜 [ guā ] melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- 辛 [ xīn ] bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem

Similar Characters: 辫

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花瓣HSK 6	huā bàn	petal; Classifiers: 片
瓣膜	bàn mó	valve (biological)
豆瓣	dòu bàn	cotyledon of a bean (i.e. either of the halves of a bean seed that can be split apart after removing the seed coat); thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣酱 )
豆瓣酱	dòu bàn jiàng	sticky chili bean sauce; doubanjiang
单瓣	dān bàn	single petal; single valve

1		xǔ duō 许多 huā 花 de 的 huā bàn 花瓣 zài 在 yáng guāng 阳光 zhōng 中 zhàn fàng 绽放。 The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine.
2		xīn niáng 新娘 yǔ 与 xīn láng 新郎 zài 在 huā bàn yǔ 花瓣雨 zhōng 中 jiē wěn 接吻， quán chǎng 全场 dōu 都 wèi 为 tā men 他们 hè cǎi 喝彩。 The bride and groom kissed in a shower of petals and the audience cheered for them.