"Bian" (pronounced "Bian" and "Bian") is a first-class word (commonly used word) in the General Specification for Chinese Characters. This word first appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty. The original intention is four directions. Reading bàng means leaning and attaching. Later, it also refers to slander. Read páng, which means "beside".
"Bian" is a pictophonetic character. This word was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty. From the van, Fang Sheng. The inscription on the Western Zhou Dynasty is 3-shaped, inherited from Oracle Bone Inscriptions, but added a horizontal painting on the upper part of the square as a decorative pen. Each side and the square share a horizontal picture, that is, each side moves down and coincides with the square. Spring and Autumn Characters The Warring States Characters inherited the characters of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period, but a short bar was added to the upper right of Fan as a decorative pen. Xiao Zhuan in Shuowen is an evolving form. In the Han dynasty.
The characters in the early Han Dynasty were inherited from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and their forms did not change much. The characters in the late Han dynasty also inherited the early characters, although there were changes, there were still traces to follow. Since then, the development has not changed much until the development of modern Chinese.
The "edge" is the upper, middle and lower structure, and the side is the "square". Our understanding of this word today is lateral. This meaning comes from "Fang". The part around the center is called "square", which extends the meaning of edge. This meaning is also entirely borne by the word "side". The original meaning of Fang is the meaning of Sifang. Because the square has a large area, it has a wide and universal significance. Because "beside" is not the center, it has a secondary and auxiliary meaning.