Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 偏

偏

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Meaning

 biased, one-sided, prejudiced, inclined, slant

Pronunciation

 piān

Explanation

 Left: person 人, right: flat 扁 (Sliding doors 戸 and writing tablets 冊 are flat.)

Mnemonic

(As if they had their fixed opinion on a sign around their neck:) People who are flat like a door plate are biased and one-sided.

Radicals

人 person(everybody)
扁 flat, plan(understood as a door-戶--plate-冊)
戶 door(Image of a sliding door 尸 in an upper guidance rail.)
冊 writing tablets
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Vocabulary

偏差 piān chā bias; deviation
偏心 piān xīn partial; biased; prejudiced; eccentric
偏转 piān zhuǎn deflection (physics); deviation (away from a straight line)
偏颇 piān pō biased; partial
偏僻 piān pì remote; desolate; far from the city
偏袒 piān tǎn to side with; to discriminate in favor of

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