片, a pictographic character of half of a piece of chopped wood, serves as a semantic component to form characters. The other half of a piece of the chopped wood is 爿.
1.a slice; a flake; any thin, flat piece
2.to cut into slices
3.film [piān]
Characters formed by the semantic component 片
Characters formed by the semantic component 片 express meanings related to things made of wood such as 牌, 牍, 版, 牒 and so on.
| 4 | 片 | piàn,piān | 8 | 版 | bǎn |
| 9 | 牉 | pàn | 9 | 牊 | cháo |
| 12 | 牍 | dú | 12 | 牌 | pái |
| 12 | 牋 | jiān | 13 | 牒 | dié |
| 13 | 牐 | zhá | 13 | 牎 | chuāng |
| 13 | 牑 | biān | 13 | 牏 | yú |
| 14 | 牓 | bǎng | 14 | 牔 | bó |
| 15 | 牖 | yǒu | 15 | 牕 | chuāng |
| 15 | 牗 | yǒu | 19 | 牘 | dú |