匹

See also 疋

Translingual

Han character

匹 (radical 23 匸+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 尸金 (SC), four-corner 7171₁)

1. bolt of cloth
2. counter for horses
3. counter for small animals (Japanese)

Derived characters

• 甚

See also

• 四

References

• KangXi: page 154, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2673
• Dae Jaweon: page 347, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 81, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5339

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Cantonese

Hanzi

匹 (jyutping pat1, Yale pat1)

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Japanese

Kanji

匹 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ひつ (hitsu), ひき (hiki)
• Kun: たぐい (tagui), たぐう (taguu)

Counter

匹 (hiragana ひき, romaji hiki)

1. small animals

   犬が一匹います。

   いぬがいっぴきいます。
   Inu ga ippiki imasu.

   There is one dog.

2. rolls of cloth

Alternative forms

• 疋

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Korean

Hanja

匹 (hangeul 필, 목, revised pil, mok, McCune-Reischauer p'il, mok)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

匹 (pinyin pǐ (pi3), Wade-Giles p'i³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

匹 (thất, sất, sơ, sớt, sứt, thớt)