疋

See also: 匹, 正, and 辵

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (alternative)

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a foot 止 with a leg/thigh on top; leg originally a circle, now simplified to a line 一. Current form graphically a semi-cursive form of 正 (compare form seen in 定); compare also cursive 乏.

疋	疋
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

疋 (radical 103 疋+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 弓卜人 (NYO), four-corner 1780₁)

1. roll, bolt of cloth
2. foot

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/疋
• 楚

Related characters

• 正 乏

References

• KangXi: page 767, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21994
• Dae Jaweon: page 1177, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2749, character 1
• Unihan data for U+758B

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		疋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǐ (pi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pat¹, so¹, ngaa⁵
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): phit
• Min Nan (POJ): phit / su / ngá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pat¹, so¹, ngaa⁵
    • Yale: pāt, sō, ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pat⁷, so¹, ngaa⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɐt̚⁵/, /sɔː⁵⁵/, /ŋɑː¹³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phit
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /pʰit̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phit / su / ngá
    • Tâi-lô: phit / su / ngá
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰit̚³²/, /su⁴⁴/, /ŋa⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰit̚³²/, /su³⁴/, /ŋa⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (疋, reconstructed)
Character (疋), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 生 (21) Final: 魚 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 所葅切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʃɨʌ/	/ʂi̯wo/	/ʃiɔ/	/ʃiɔ/	/ʂɨə̆/	/ʃĭo/	/ʃiɔ/
Character (疋), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 生 (21) Final: 魚 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 踈舉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʃɨʌX/	/ʂi̯woX/	/ʃiɔX/	/ʃiɔX/	/ʂɨə̆X/	/ʃĭoX/	/ʃiɔX/
Character (疋), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 麻 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 五下切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋɣaX/	/ŋaX/	/ŋaX/	/ŋɯaX/	/ŋaɨX/	/ŋaX/	/ŋaX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (疋, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
疋								shū								‹ srjo ›								/*sra/								foot
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
疋					11763					疋					魚					0					雅					/*ŋraːʔ/
疋					11793					疋					魚					0										/*sŋra/
疋					11794					疋					魚					0					所					/*sŋraʔ/

References

• Open Dictionary Network - Min Nan Dictionary (kaifangcidian.com)
• VoiceDic (汉语方言发音字典)

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Japanese

Kanji

疋

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. counter for horses, mules, and small animals
2. counter for rolls of cloth
3. a measure of cloth
4. foot (rare)

Readings

• Goon: げ (ge), しょ (sho), ひち (hichi)
• Kan’on: が (ga), そ (so), ひつ (hitsu)
• Kan’yōon: ひき (hiki)
• Kun: あし (ashi)

Usage notes

This kanji is not included in the Jōyō kanji list.

Etymology

Kanji in this term

疋

ひき Jinmeiyō

on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 疋 (srjo, “foot; roll of cloth”). Conflated in Japanese with Middle Chinese 匹 (phjit, “counter for horses and mules; counter for rolls of cloth”), both in meaning and in reading. The hichi reading evolved into hiki by association with 引き (hiki, “pulling”), from the way that an animal's leash is pulled.

Pronunciation

• Kan'yōyomi
• IPA^(key): [çiki]

Counter

疋 (hiragana ひき, romaji -hiki)

1. Alternative form of 匹: counter for smaller animals

   猫三 (ねこさん)匹 (びき)を飼 (か)っています。

   neko sanbiki o katte imasu.

   I have three cats.

Usage notes

Depending on the preceding word, -hiki may change via euphony to become -biki or -piki.

The counter for larger animals, such as livestock, is usually 頭 (tō, “head”).

References

• 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
• 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0

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Korean

Hanja

疋 (pil, so) (hangeul 필, 소, revised pil, so, McCune-Reischauer p'il, so, Yale phil, so)

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Vietnamese

Han character

疋 (sơ, sất, thất)

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