Word: 偏旁 (piānpáng) 偏旁 dictionary entry piānpáng component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part) Full dictionary entry for 偏旁 Example sentences using 偏旁 2 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 我常把这两个字的偏旁写错。 Wǒ cháng bǎ zhè liǎng gè zì de piānpáng xiě cuò. I often write the components of these two characters wrong. 认识偏旁能帮你猜出字的意思。 Rènshi piānpáng néng bāng nǐ cāi chū zì de yìsi. Knowing the components can help you guess what a character means.