bàn

common
noun
measure word

Meaning of

瓣 means petal (of a flower); segment; bulblet (of fruit/seed). Pronounced bàn.

  • petal (of a flower)
  • segment; bulblet (of fruit/seed)
  • fragment; broken piece

Character Info

Radical
Strokes15
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Méi
huā
yǒu
bànr
 
 

A plum blossom has five petals.

Fěn
de
méi
guī
huā
bàn
qīng
qīng
luò
zài
shàng
 

Pink rose petals gently fell to the ground.

Zhè
duǒ
dān
yǒu
èr
shí
duō
piàn
huā
bàn
 

This peony has more than twenty petals.

Chūn
fēng
chuī
luò
le
mǎn
shù
de
táo
huā
bàn
 

The spring wind blew off all the peach blossom petals from the tree.

zhāi
xià
piàn
huā
bàn
jiā
jìn
shū
 

She picked a chrysanthemum petal and tucked it into her book.