瓣 bàn petal
petal; segment
怎么记住“瓣”: 辛 spicy + 瓜 melon + 辛 spicy = petal. At the market the cook rubs spicy salt on a melon, tucks a spicy chili beside it and carves each slice like a rose petal.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
瓣 = 辛 spicy + 瓜 melon + 辛 spicy
- 辛 spicy sound
- 瓜 melon meaning
- 辛 spicy sound
At the market the cook rubs spicy salt on a melon, tucks a spicy chili beside it and carves each slice like a rose petal.
How it came to be
The melon gives the meaning and the two spicy signs on its sides the sound; the word first meant melon seeds.
用法
- A petal, and by extension a segment/clove/section: 花瓣 (huābàn) a flower petal, 蒜瓣 (suànbàn) a clove of garlic, 豆瓣 (dòubàn) split beans (and the app 豆瓣).
- Also a measure word: 一瓣橘子 (yí bàn júzi) a segment of orange.