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Animated Stroke Order 边

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 边 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 边

边 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Semi-Enclosed

边=力power+辶walk

Walking (辶) along a distant border (力) — the edge or boundary of a place.

4.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 边

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 边

HSK words that contain this character.

右边

yòu bian

on the right

左边

zuǒ bian

on the left

旁边

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 边 is used in context

tā他

yì一

biān边

tīng听

yīn音

yuè乐

yì

Information

Pinyinbiān

Meaningside

Strokes5

Radical辶

Traditional邊

StructureSemi-Enclosed

Frequency#225

Zhuyinㄅㄧㄢ

UnicodeU+8FB9

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páng biān

next to

HSK 2

一边

yī biān

on the one hand …

周边

zhōu biān

perimeter; periphery

边境

biān jìng

border; frontier

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边界

biān jiè

boundary; frontier; border

边疆

biān jiāng

borderland; frontier region

边缘

biān yuán

border; edge; fringe; margin

半边天

bàn biān tiān

Half the sky / Important role

单边

dān biān

Unilateral / one-sided

双边

shuāng biān

Bilateral / two-sided

外边

wài bian

outside

多边

duō biān

Multilateral / involving many sides

无边无际

wú biān wú jì

boundless

一

biān边

xué学

xí习

。

He studies while listening to music

tā他

zuò坐

zài在

wǒ我

zuǒ左

biān边

。

He sits on my left side.

wǒ我

de的

shū书

zài在

zhuō桌

zi子

biān边

。

My book is at the side of the table.

qǐng请

zuò坐

zài在

wǒ我

páng旁

biān边

。

Please sit beside me

zhè这

ge个

guó国

jiā家

yǒu有

hěn很

cháng长

de的

biān边

jìng境

xiàn线

。

This country has a long border line

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