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Han character

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

1. roll, bolt of cloth
2. foot
3. Kangxi radical #103, ⽦ ‎(“bolt of cloth”).

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

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

疋

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Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 4

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)
• (Min Nan) Kaifang Cidian
• VoiceDic (汉语方言发音字典)

Japanese

Kanji

(“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

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.^[1]

Pronunciation

• Kan'yōyomi
• IPA^(key): [çikʲi]

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

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

• 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

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

• Hán Việt: sất, thất, sơ

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