篇

piān

measure word HSK 2 #1,995

Meanings

Contains ⺮ (bamboo radical) — texts were written on bamboo strips.

Wǒ xiě le yì piān zuòwén.

I wrote an essay.

Zhè piān wénzhāng hěn yǒu yìsi.

This article is very interesting.

usage

篇 is specifically for written works: 一篇文章 (an article), 一篇论文 (a thesis), 一篇日记 (a diary entry), 一篇小说 (a novel — though 部 is more common for long novels).

篇 piān