bàn

petal

segment; clove (of garlic); piece; section; fragment; valve; lamella; classifier for pieces, segments etc

blade (辛) + gourd (瓜) + blade (辛) = split into segments

A gourd or melon (瓜) split apart by two blades (辛) yields the natural sections within. The character captures the idea of something whole being divided into its constituent pieces.

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MelonSemantic
Originally a knifeSemantic

这朵花的花是粉红色的。

zhè duǒ huā de huābàn shì fěnhóng sè de。

the petals of this flower are pink.

她剥了两蒜放进锅里。

tā bō le liǎng bàn suàn fàng jìn guō lǐ。

she peeled two cloves of garlic and put them into the pot.

Words with 瓣

重瓣

chóng bàn

(botany) double-flowered

野鼬瓣花

yě yòu bàn huā

wild hemp

阴道瓣

yīn dào bàn

hymen

龙骨瓣

lóng gǔ bàn

(botany) carina; keel (of a papilionaceous flower)

三尖瓣

sān jiān bàn

(anatomy) tricuspid valve

二尖瓣

èr jiān bàn

mitral valve (physiology)

二尖瓣狭窄

èr jiān bàn xiá zhǎi

mitral stenosis (physiology)

僧帽瓣

sēng mào bàn

see 二尖瓣[er4 jian1 ban4]

半月瓣

bàn yuè bàn

semilunar valve (anatomy)

单瓣

dān bàn

single petal

多瓣蒜

duō bàn suàn

Chinese elephant garlic

心瓣

xīn bàn

heart valve

More characters with 辛