TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 字
偏
偏 ＝ 亻 ＋ 扁
ㄆㄧㄢ · piān
adj/adv — slanted, partial, one-sided; deliberately
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person — the one tilting one way
ITbiǎn → piān — the initial unvoices, the tone turns
A person (亻) with 扁 biǎn for the sound, shifted to piān. Someone leaning to one side, off the centre line — slanted, partial: 偏向, 偏見, 偏心. The same off-centre turns to stubbornly going your own way: 偏要.
意 · Meanings
(本義)偏向— to lean to one side, slant常用
→偏見、偏心— bias, partiality
⇒偏偏、偏要— deliberately, perversely
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension