偏

Phono-semantic compound:

人 (사람 인, “person”) — semantic, indicating human action or state.

扁 (작을 편, “flat, small, narrow”) — phonetic, giving the sound pyeon.

The original sense is of a person leaning or tilting, from which the meanings “to incline,” “to be partial,” and “biased” developed.

편견 (偏見) — prejudice, bias

편애 (偏愛) — favoritism, partiality

편식 (偏食) — picky eating, unbalanced diet

편재 (偏在) — being unevenly distributed, existing in only one place

편향 (偏向) — tendency, bias

Often contrasted with 正 (바를 정, “upright, correct”), highlighting the idea of deviation from balance.