偏旁

piānpáng
component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part)

CEDICT

  1. (Chinese linguistics) component (of a Chinese character; usually the 部首 and the one other part; more restricted in usage than 部件)
  2. component (of a Chinese character; usually the 部首 and the one other part; more restricted in usage than 部件)

Wiktionary

偏，汉字合体字的左方。旁，汉字合体字的右方。偏旁泛指汉字合体字的上下左右任一部分。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 偏 piān
  1. to lean
  2. to slant
  3. oblique
  4. prejudiced
  5. to deviate from average
  6. to stray from the intended line
  7. stubbornly
  8. contrary to expectations
2 旁 páng
  1. one side
  2. other
  3. different
  4. lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂 dāo, 亻 rén etc)

Containing this entry

形声偏旁 xíngshēngpiānpáng

Related entries

字根 zìgēn
  1. component of a Chinese character
  2. (linguistics) word root; etymon