匹

See also: 疋

Translingual

Etymology

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

Pictogram (象形) Two pieces of cloth hanging.

Han character

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

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
• Lawrence J. Howell, Hikaru Morimoto, "匹" (in Japanese/English), An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations. URL accessed on 2014-03-16.

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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 (いぬ)が一匹 (いっぴき)います。

   inu ga ippiki imasu.

   There is one dog.

2. rolls of cloth
3. in the past, numbers of 銭 (せん) (sen)

Alternative forms

• 疋

See also

• 頭 (とう) (tō): counter for large animals

References

• 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, ISBN 4469021067

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

匹 (Pinyin pǐ (pi3), Wade-Giles p'i³)

Counter

匹 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin pǐ)

1. measure word for horses, mules
2. measure word for rolls of cloth

Verb

匹 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin pǐ)

1. to match, to be equal

   匹配 to match; 匹敌 to be equal

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Vietnamese

Han character

匹 (thất, sất, sơ, sớt, sứt, thớt)