• 片方かたほう — one side
• 破片はへん — fragment / broken piece
• 断片だんぺん — snippet / fragment
• 片手かたて — one hand
• 片思かたおもい — one-sided love
• 木片もくへん — wood chip

片 likely depicts a board split in two, hence “one side” or “a piece.” It often signals partiality or an unbalanced state.

As a left-side radical (片へん), it appears in characters such as 版はん and 牌はい.

靴くつの 片方かたほうが 見みつからない。
I can’t find one of my shoes.

彼かれの 片思かたおもいは 切せつない。
His one-sided love is heartbreaking.