Translingual

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 (accessed 2014-03-16), “匹”, in An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations (in Japanese/English)

Chinese

Pronunciation

Counter

匹

1. Measure word for horses and mules.
2. Measure word for rolls of cloth.

Verb

匹

1. to match, to be equal

   匹配  ―  pǐpèi  ―  to match

   匹敌  ―  pǐdí  ―  to be equal

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: ひち (hichi)
• Kan’on: ひつ (hitsu)
• On (unclassified): 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

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

匹 (thất, sất, sơ, sớt, sứt, thớt)

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