片

かた

Meanings

1. Prefix one (of a pair)
2. incomplete; imperfect; fragmentary
3. few; little
4. off-centre; remote
5. side; problem; question; matters See also: 片が付く (かたがつく).

Kanji

• 片 one side. Read as かた.

Example sentences

• その論争は完全に片が付いた。
  That dispute has been settled once and for all.
• 君はこの問題にどう片をつける気かね。
  How will you dispose of this problem?

Common phrases

• 片が付く (かたがつく) to settle (a problem)
• 片をつける (かたをつける) to settle (a problem)

Words containing 片

• 片付ける (かたづける) to put in order
• 片方 (かたほう) one (of a pair)
• 片手 (かたて) one hand

And 120 more.

Word lists

• Spoken

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