Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home

匹: equal, head

Also: counter for small animals, roll of cloth

JLPT N24 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

匸 carries the meaning · 儿 is drawn in

4 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ヒツhitsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 匹敵するひってきするmatch, be equal to

ひきhiki · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 一匹いっぴき1 (animal)
  • 三匹さんびき3 (animals)
  • 六匹ろっぴき6 (animals)
  • 八匹はっぴき8 (animals)
  • 十匹じゅっぴき10 (animals)
  • 何匹なんびきhow many animals

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Put it safely in the box! This radical represents a container designed to keep its contents secure and out of the way.”
More in the 匚 box story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
匸

Also built on 匸

儿

Also built on human legs (儿)

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Also read ヒツ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
匹 equal · 儿
vs区 ward · 乂
匹 has 儿 where 区 has 乂.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · pǐ

Same form: 匹 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
匹 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
匹 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin pǐ most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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