扁 (Piān)

surname Pian

Etymology

Pictograph of a signboard attached to a door. Based on the original meaning "signboard". The meaning later shifted to "tablet" and "flat".

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“扁,署也。从戶、冊。戶冊者,署門戶之文也。”

Original meaning

signboard

Components