瓣
Meanings
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- 1.petal
- 2.segment
- 3.clove (of garlic)
- 4.piece
- 5.section
- 6.fragment
- 7.valve
- 8.lamella
- 9.classifier for pieces, segments etc
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Wiktionary
- 1.melon seeds
- 2.petal
- 3.segment; section; piece; clove (of garlic)
- 4.Classifier for pieces and segments, such as those of (cut-up) fruits or petals. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- 5.Classifier for domains of activity.; field
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *breːns): phonetic 辡 (OC *prenʔ, *brenʔ) + semantic 瓜 (“melon”). However, the phonetic component (the reduplication of the knife to mark prisoners) perhaps symbolizes two prisoners accusing each other, which then leads to the concept of "discrimination, differentiation" and finally to the concept of "part, segment, what is differentiated", originally referred to melon seeds. ;"segment, section, piece" ;"petal"
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Components
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Derived terms
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Related words
花瓣 petal蒜瓣 garlic clove单瓣 single petal活瓣 valve瓣胃 omasum (third compartment of a ruminant's stomach)翼瓣 (botany) alae; wing petals (of a papilionaceous flower)瓣膜 valve (biological)心瓣 heart valve豆瓣 cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea)重瓣 (botany) double-flowered豆瓣 Douban, a Chinese social networking website旗瓣 (botany) vexillum; banner petal; standard petal (of a papilionaceous flower)