See also: ヒ,
ビ,
ピ,
七, and 𠤎
Translingual
- In Taiwan, the upper right stroke of 匕 is written with a straight line (一) from left to right.
- In other regions, the upper right stroke of 匕 is written with a curve (丿) from the top right corner towards the middle left, which is also the historical form found in the Kangxi Dictionary.
Han character
匕 (Kangxi radical 21, 匕+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 山竹 (UH), four-corner 22710, composition ⿺乚丿(GJKH) or ⿺乚一(T))
- Kangxi radical #21, ⼔.
Derived characters
- Appendix:Chinese_radical/匕
- 化, 比, 𡖅, 𡚧, 㠲, 𢖬, 朼, 此, 𭭽, 𤆇, 牝, 𦘪, 䂗, 𥘇, 𥝓, 𭭾, 𫊤, 𧢶, 䚰, 𧺊, 䣥, 𨤽, 𮩲, 𩵏, 𪋼, 齔(𮮾/龀)
- 𠨐, 𢺵, 頃(顷), 𠘩, 旨, 𥘈, 𭴁, 𡙊, 眞, 仑, 匂, 𠨬, 它, 尼, 庀, 𢨩, 㫐, 𣥅, 老, 𦉮, 疕, 皀, 𥃩, 壱, 𡧏, 𡭠, 䖈, 鬯, 麀, 𭅔
See also
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 152, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2570
- Dae Jaweon: page 342, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 261, character 15
- Unihan data for U+5315
Chinese
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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Old Chinese
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| 匕
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*pilʔ
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| 庀
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*pʰelʔ
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| 疕
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*pʰelʔ, *pilʔ, *pʰrilʔ
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| 朼
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*pilʔ
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| 牝
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*bilʔ, *binʔ
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Pictogram (象形) – a spoon. Unrelated to 老, in which it represents a walking cane. Also unrelated to the top component of 眞, in which it represents a knife or dagger.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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匕
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匕
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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bǐ
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bǐ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ pjijX ›
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‹ pjijX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*pijʔ/
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/*pijʔ/
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| English
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ladle, spoon
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spoon
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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匕
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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484
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Phonetic
component
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*pilʔ/
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Definitions
匕
- (historical) a kind of spoon in ancient China
- (literary) dagger
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) arrow
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) people
- (historical dictionaries only) Original form of 妣 (bǐ, “deceased mother”).
- Occasionally used as an iteration marker.
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 匕 – see 牝 (“(of an animal) female”).
(This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 牝). |
Japanese
Kanji
匕
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Compounds
Definitions
| Kanji in this term
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| 匕
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ひ
Hyōgai
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| on'yomi
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| Kanji in this term
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| 匕
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かい
Hyōgai
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| kun'yomi
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| Kanji in this term
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| 匕
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さじ
Hyōgai
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| kun'yomi
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 匕 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 匕, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
匕 (eumhun 비수 비 (bisu bi))
- spoon
- dagger
Vietnamese
Han character
匕: Hán Nôm readings: chủy/chuỷ
- In Vietnamese Hán Nôm texts, 匕 is used as an iteration marker.
- chữ Hán form of chuỷ (“Kangxi radical 21—‘spoon’”)