丿

See also: ノ

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

丿 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+0, 1 stroke, cangjie input 竹 (H) or 難竹 (XH), four-corner 2000₀)

1. Kangxi radical #4, ⼃.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/丿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 81, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 106
• Dae Jaweon: page 164, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 31, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E3F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		丿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丿
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Transcribed ancient scripts L26693
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piě (pie³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pit³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phiet
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piě
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piě
    • Wade–Giles: pʻieh³
    • Yale: pyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piee
    • Palladius: пе (pe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pit³
    • Yale: pit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: pid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: pied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: piad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯et̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiat
    • Tâi-lô: phiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛt̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: phet

Rime
Character	丿
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	普蔑切
Baxter	phet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰɛt̚/
Li Rong	/pʰet̚/
Wang Li	/pʰiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pit3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰleːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丿
Reading #	1/2
No.	9793
Phonetic component	丿
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	撆
Old Chinese	/*pʰleːd/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 丿

1. left-falling stroke, usually read as 撇

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yejH

Rime
Character	丿
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘制切
Baxter	yejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/jæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiajH/
Li Rong	/iɛiH/
Wang Li	/jĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*leds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丿
Reading #	2/2
No.	9794
Phonetic component	丿
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	曵
Old Chinese	/*leds/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 丿

1. ^‡ to arrive

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Japanese

Kanji

丿

(Radical)

1. katakana ノ (no) radical (ノのかんむり)

Readings

• Nanori: の (no)

“Curving from right to left; raising one's head and standing upright”：

• Go-on: へち (hechi); よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
• Kan-on: へつ (hetsu); よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}

“Arrive”:

• Go-on: えい (ei)
• Kan-on: えい (ei)
• Kun: いたる (itaru, 丿る)

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Korean

Hanja

丿 (eum 별 (byeol))

1. line
2. KangXi radical 4

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Vietnamese

Han character

丿: Hán Nôm readings: phết, phảy, phiết, phiệt, phút, phịch, triệt, thiên, phét

Usage notes

• âm: phiết, triệt, phiệt, phảy, phết, thiên, phút, phét, phịch
• nghĩa (literal meaning): phết; phiết; nét phẩy; dấu phẩy; phút chốc

Further reading

• Nom Foundation