Why 偏 has a meaning of partial?












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For example, 偏導數 means partial derivative. But my intuition on this character is inclined and remote. How can I derive this meaning from the regular meaning of 偏?



From 説文解字 I got this




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(偏) 頗也。頗、頭偏也。引伸爲凡偏之偁。故以頗釋偏。二字雙聲。尙書。無偏無頗。絫言之也。周易翩翩。古文作偏偏。从人。扁聲。芳連切。十二部。







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  • Partial actually can mean inclined (towards one side). What’s the opposite of an impartial judge?

    – droooze
    7 hours ago











  • 偏导数=partial derivative

    – Zuriel
    1 hour ago
















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For example, 偏導數 means partial derivative. But my intuition on this character is inclined and remote. How can I derive this meaning from the regular meaning of 偏?



From 説文解字 I got this




enter image description here
(偏) 頗也。頗、頭偏也。引伸爲凡偏之偁。故以頗釋偏。二字雙聲。尙書。無偏無頗。絫言之也。周易翩翩。古文作偏偏。从人。扁聲。芳連切。十二部。







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  • Partial actually can mean inclined (towards one side). What’s the opposite of an impartial judge?

    – droooze
    7 hours ago











  • 偏导数=partial derivative

    – Zuriel
    1 hour ago














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For example, 偏導數 means partial derivative. But my intuition on this character is inclined and remote. How can I derive this meaning from the regular meaning of 偏?



From 説文解字 I got this




enter image description here
(偏) 頗也。頗、頭偏也。引伸爲凡偏之偁。故以頗釋偏。二字雙聲。尙書。無偏無頗。絫言之也。周易翩翩。古文作偏偏。从人。扁聲。芳連切。十二部。







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For example, 偏導數 means partial derivative. But my intuition on this character is inclined and remote. How can I derive this meaning from the regular meaning of 偏?



From 説文解字 I got this




enter image description here
(偏) 頗也。頗、頭偏也。引伸爲凡偏之偁。故以頗釋偏。二字雙聲。尙書。無偏無頗。絫言之也。周易翩翩。古文作偏偏。从人。扁聲。芳連切。十二部。







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  • Partial actually can mean inclined (towards one side). What’s the opposite of an impartial judge?

    – droooze
    7 hours ago











  • 偏导数=partial derivative

    – Zuriel
    1 hour ago



















  • Partial actually can mean inclined (towards one side). What’s the opposite of an impartial judge?

    – droooze
    7 hours ago











  • 偏导数=partial derivative

    – Zuriel
    1 hour ago

















Partial actually can mean inclined (towards one side). What’s the opposite of an impartial judge?

– droooze
7 hours ago





Partial actually can mean inclined (towards one side). What’s the opposite of an impartial judge?

– droooze
7 hours ago













偏导数=partial derivative

– Zuriel
1 hour ago





偏导数=partial derivative

– Zuriel
1 hour ago










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偏's core meaning is 'lean to the side' as in 偏右(lean right) or 偏左 (lean left)



That meaning extended to represent 'away from center' as in 偏僻 (remote/ isolated) and 偏遠 (remote / far away)



Notice: '偏遠地區' (remote area) is referring 'an area that is far away from the center of a country'. Even it is remote, that area is still 'a part of the whole country. Therefore, 偏 also obtained the meaning of 'a part of' (partial) by the virtue of opposing 全(whole)



The idiom "以偏概全" - "generalize the whole by examine only part of it" illustrated 偏 (partial/ incomplete) is the opposite of 全 (whole/complete)



The "away from center" meaning of 偏 further extended to mean "away from the main stream" , therefore 偏 also contains the meaning of 'non-standard' as in 偏方 (deviant prescription)






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  • If remote area is a part of the whole therefore it obtained the meaning, how about central area? Central don't have that meaning.

    – Scripps
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  • @Scripps "偏" opposite "中" . Example: "central area" (中心地帶) opposite "remote area" (偏遠地帶); "中肯言論" ( unbiased opinion) opposite "偏頗言論" (biased opinion). So, "Central" ( 中 ) does have the extended meaning of "unbiased"; As mentioned before, "偏" (part) also opposite "全" (whole)

    – Tang Ho
    46 mins ago













  • 偏區 (remote area) vs. 全境 (The whole territory)

    – Tang Ho
    39 mins ago





















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Not too sure what the question is exactly. "How can I derive this meaning for [sic] (from??) the regular meaning of 偏?"



Don't derive the meaning, look it up!



You can find the regular meanings of 偏 here：




  1. 不全面，不正确：偏爱。偏见。偏激。偏狭。偏执。偏废。偏颇。偏听。偏信。


'partial' originally meant 'one-sided, biased （偏颇）‘ then 'not whole, incomplete'



If you want to get the meaning from the character alone, I think that won't work for a great many Chinese characters.



偏：人 + 扁

扁：户 + 冊



For some characters you can pretty much get the meaning from the picture:



集：隹 + 木 = gather (like birds in a tree at dusk)
娶：取 + 女 = marry






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  • "meant 'one-sided, biased （偏颇）‘ then 'not whole, incomplete' " Can you tell me how does "then" come about?

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偏's core meaning is 'lean to the side' as in 偏右(lean right) or 偏左 (lean left)



That meaning extended to represent 'away from center' as in 偏僻 (remote/ isolated) and 偏遠 (remote / far away)



Notice: '偏遠地區' (remote area) is referring 'an area that is far away from the center of a country'. Even it is remote, that area is still 'a part of the whole country. Therefore, 偏 also obtained the meaning of 'a part of' (partial) by the virtue of opposing 全(whole)



The idiom "以偏概全" - "generalize the whole by examine only part of it" illustrated 偏 (partial/ incomplete) is the opposite of 全 (whole/complete)



The "away from center" meaning of 偏 further extended to mean "away from the main stream" , therefore 偏 also contains the meaning of 'non-standard' as in 偏方 (deviant prescription)






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  • If remote area is a part of the whole therefore it obtained the meaning, how about central area? Central don't have that meaning.

    – Scripps
    59 mins ago











  • @Scripps "偏" opposite "中" . Example: "central area" (中心地帶) opposite "remote area" (偏遠地帶); "中肯言論" ( unbiased opinion) opposite "偏頗言論" (biased opinion). So, "Central" ( 中 ) does have the extended meaning of "unbiased"; As mentioned before, "偏" (part) also opposite "全" (whole)

    – Tang Ho
    46 mins ago













  • 偏區 (remote area) vs. 全境 (The whole territory)

    – Tang Ho
    39 mins ago


















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偏's core meaning is 'lean to the side' as in 偏右(lean right) or 偏左 (lean left)



That meaning extended to represent 'away from center' as in 偏僻 (remote/ isolated) and 偏遠 (remote / far away)



Notice: '偏遠地區' (remote area) is referring 'an area that is far away from the center of a country'. Even it is remote, that area is still 'a part of the whole country. Therefore, 偏 also obtained the meaning of 'a part of' (partial) by the virtue of opposing 全(whole)



The idiom "以偏概全" - "generalize the whole by examine only part of it" illustrated 偏 (partial/ incomplete) is the opposite of 全 (whole/complete)



The "away from center" meaning of 偏 further extended to mean "away from the main stream" , therefore 偏 also contains the meaning of 'non-standard' as in 偏方 (deviant prescription)






share|improve this answer


























  • If remote area is a part of the whole therefore it obtained the meaning, how about central area? Central don't have that meaning.

    – Scripps
    59 mins ago











  • @Scripps "偏" opposite "中" . Example: "central area" (中心地帶) opposite "remote area" (偏遠地帶); "中肯言論" ( unbiased opinion) opposite "偏頗言論" (biased opinion). So, "Central" ( 中 ) does have the extended meaning of "unbiased"; As mentioned before, "偏" (part) also opposite "全" (whole)

    – Tang Ho
    46 mins ago













  • 偏區 (remote area) vs. 全境 (The whole territory)

    – Tang Ho
    39 mins ago
















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偏's core meaning is 'lean to the side' as in 偏右(lean right) or 偏左 (lean left)



That meaning extended to represent 'away from center' as in 偏僻 (remote/ isolated) and 偏遠 (remote / far away)



Notice: '偏遠地區' (remote area) is referring 'an area that is far away from the center of a country'. Even it is remote, that area is still 'a part of the whole country. Therefore, 偏 also obtained the meaning of 'a part of' (partial) by the virtue of opposing 全(whole)



The idiom "以偏概全" - "generalize the whole by examine only part of it" illustrated 偏 (partial/ incomplete) is the opposite of 全 (whole/complete)



The "away from center" meaning of 偏 further extended to mean "away from the main stream" , therefore 偏 also contains the meaning of 'non-standard' as in 偏方 (deviant prescription)






share|improve this answer















偏's core meaning is 'lean to the side' as in 偏右(lean right) or 偏左 (lean left)



That meaning extended to represent 'away from center' as in 偏僻 (remote/ isolated) and 偏遠 (remote / far away)



Notice: '偏遠地區' (remote area) is referring 'an area that is far away from the center of a country'. Even it is remote, that area is still 'a part of the whole country. Therefore, 偏 also obtained the meaning of 'a part of' (partial) by the virtue of opposing 全(whole)



The idiom "以偏概全" - "generalize the whole by examine only part of it" illustrated 偏 (partial/ incomplete) is the opposite of 全 (whole/complete)



The "away from center" meaning of 偏 further extended to mean "away from the main stream" , therefore 偏 also contains the meaning of 'non-standard' as in 偏方 (deviant prescription)







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  • If remote area is a part of the whole therefore it obtained the meaning, how about central area? Central don't have that meaning.

    – Scripps
    59 mins ago











  • @Scripps "偏" opposite "中" . Example: "central area" (中心地帶) opposite "remote area" (偏遠地帶); "中肯言論" ( unbiased opinion) opposite "偏頗言論" (biased opinion). So, "Central" ( 中 ) does have the extended meaning of "unbiased"; As mentioned before, "偏" (part) also opposite "全" (whole)

    – Tang Ho
    46 mins ago













  • 偏區 (remote area) vs. 全境 (The whole territory)

    – Tang Ho
    39 mins ago





















  • If remote area is a part of the whole therefore it obtained the meaning, how about central area? Central don't have that meaning.

    – Scripps
    59 mins ago











  • @Scripps "偏" opposite "中" . Example: "central area" (中心地帶) opposite "remote area" (偏遠地帶); "中肯言論" ( unbiased opinion) opposite "偏頗言論" (biased opinion). So, "Central" ( 中 ) does have the extended meaning of "unbiased"; As mentioned before, "偏" (part) also opposite "全" (whole)

    – Tang Ho
    46 mins ago













  • 偏區 (remote area) vs. 全境 (The whole territory)

    – Tang Ho
    39 mins ago



















If remote area is a part of the whole therefore it obtained the meaning, how about central area? Central don't have that meaning.

– Scripps
59 mins ago





If remote area is a part of the whole therefore it obtained the meaning, how about central area? Central don't have that meaning.

– Scripps
59 mins ago













@Scripps "偏" opposite "中" . Example: "central area" (中心地帶) opposite "remote area" (偏遠地帶); "中肯言論" ( unbiased opinion) opposite "偏頗言論" (biased opinion). So, "Central" ( 中 ) does have the extended meaning of "unbiased"; As mentioned before, "偏" (part) also opposite "全" (whole)

– Tang Ho
46 mins ago







@Scripps "偏" opposite "中" . Example: "central area" (中心地帶) opposite "remote area" (偏遠地帶); "中肯言論" ( unbiased opinion) opposite "偏頗言論" (biased opinion). So, "Central" ( 中 ) does have the extended meaning of "unbiased"; As mentioned before, "偏" (part) also opposite "全" (whole)

– Tang Ho
46 mins ago















偏區 (remote area) vs. 全境 (The whole territory)

– Tang Ho
39 mins ago







偏區 (remote area) vs. 全境 (The whole territory)

– Tang Ho
39 mins ago













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Not too sure what the question is exactly. "How can I derive this meaning for [sic] (from??) the regular meaning of 偏?"



Don't derive the meaning, look it up!



You can find the regular meanings of 偏 here：




  1. 不全面，不正确：偏爱。偏见。偏激。偏狭。偏执。偏废。偏颇。偏听。偏信。


'partial' originally meant 'one-sided, biased （偏颇）‘ then 'not whole, incomplete'



If you want to get the meaning from the character alone, I think that won't work for a great many Chinese characters.



偏：人 + 扁

扁：户 + 冊



For some characters you can pretty much get the meaning from the picture:



集：隹 + 木 = gather (like birds in a tree at dusk)
娶：取 + 女 = marry






share|improve this answer
























  • "meant 'one-sided, biased （偏颇）‘ then 'not whole, incomplete' " Can you tell me how does "then" come about?

    – Scripps
    5 hours ago


















1














Not too sure what the question is exactly. "How can I derive this meaning for [sic] (from??) the regular meaning of 偏?"



Don't derive the meaning, look it up!



You can find the regular meanings of 偏 here：




  1. 不全面，不正确：偏爱。偏见。偏激。偏狭。偏执。偏废。偏颇。偏听。偏信。


'partial' originally meant 'one-sided, biased （偏颇）‘ then 'not whole, incomplete'



If you want to get the meaning from the character alone, I think that won't work for a great many Chinese characters.



偏：人 + 扁

扁：户 + 冊



For some characters you can pretty much get the meaning from the picture:



集：隹 + 木 = gather (like birds in a tree at dusk)
娶：取 + 女 = marry






share|improve this answer
























  • "meant 'one-sided, biased （偏颇）‘ then 'not whole, incomplete' " Can you tell me how does "then" come about?

    – Scripps
    5 hours ago
















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Not too sure what the question is exactly. "How can I derive this meaning for [sic] (from??) the regular meaning of 偏?"



Don't derive the meaning, look it up!



You can find the regular meanings of 偏 here：




  1. 不全面，不正确：偏爱。偏见。偏激。偏狭。偏执。偏废。偏颇。偏听。偏信。


'partial' originally meant 'one-sided, biased （偏颇）‘ then 'not whole, incomplete'



If you want to get the meaning from the character alone, I think that won't work for a great many Chinese characters.



偏：人 + 扁

扁：户 + 冊



For some characters you can pretty much get the meaning from the picture:



集：隹 + 木 = gather (like birds in a tree at dusk)
娶：取 + 女 = marry






share|improve this answer













Not too sure what the question is exactly. "How can I derive this meaning for [sic] (from??) the regular meaning of 偏?"



Don't derive the meaning, look it up!



You can find the regular meanings of 偏 here：




  1. 不全面，不正确：偏爱。偏见。偏激。偏狭。偏执。偏废。偏颇。偏听。偏信。


'partial' originally meant 'one-sided, biased （偏颇）‘ then 'not whole, incomplete'



If you want to get the meaning from the character alone, I think that won't work for a great many Chinese characters.



偏：人 + 扁

扁：户 + 冊



For some characters you can pretty much get the meaning from the picture:



集：隹 + 木 = gather (like birds in a tree at dusk)
娶：取 + 女 = marry







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"meant 'one-sided, biased （偏颇）‘ then 'not whole, incomplete' " Can you tell me how does "then" come about?

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