边biān
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边
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繁体
Traditional Chinese
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Shuowen
Edge. The character combines 辶 (movement, as if going to a place) with 丙 (originally depicting a border marker or limit), together representing the outer limit or boundary of a place. The oracle bone form shows a person standing at a frontier, suggesting the edge where territory ends.
Pinyin
biān· HSK 2