匹

Information about character(s)

Radical: 匸
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 4
Variants: 疋

Pronunciation

Pinyin: pǐ
Cantonese: pat1
JapaneseKun: TAGUI TAGUU
JapaneseOn: HITSU HIKI
Korean: PHIL MOK
Vietnamese: thất

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: bolt of cloth; counter for horses

CE-Dict: classifier for horses, mules etc/Taiwan pr. [pi1]/ordinary person/classifier for cloth: bolt/horsepower

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to be equal to
2.a bolt of cloth, etc.
3.a word used to quantify the number of pack animals such as horses

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: piece - 紡

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: be equal to

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: be equal to

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《匸部》匹四丈也。从八、匸。八揲一匹，八亦聲。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【匸字部】匹
【唐韻】譬吉切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】僻吉切，𠀤品入聲。【說文】四丈也。【正譌】四丈則八端，故从八。从匸，象束帛形。【前漢·食貨志】布帛廣二尺二寸爲幅，長四丈爲匹。【小爾雅】倍兩謂之匹。【廣韻】俗作疋。又偶也。【詩·大雅】率由羣匹。【註】成王循用羣臣之賢者，其行能匹偶己之心。又【廣韻】配也，合也，二也。【爾雅·釋詁】匹，合也。【註】謂對合也。【疏】匹者，配合也。【詩·大雅】作豐伊匹。又【禮·緇衣】惟君子能好其匹。【註】匹謂知識朋友。又妃匹。【漢匡衡政治疏】匹妃之際，生民之始。又【左傳·桓十年】匹夫無罪。【註】庶人夫妻相匹。其名旣定，雖單亦匹，故通謂匹夫匹婦。又馬曰匹。【周禮·夏官註】四匹爲乘。又【藝文類聚】馬光景一疋長，故曰疋。【正譌】馬影四丈，亦借用匹，別用疋。又通作騖，音木。【禮·曲禮】庶人之摯匹。

CF-Dict: compagnon/égaler/rivaliser/assortir/apparier/(mot de mesure pour des chevaux, mules, tissus)/personne ordinaire

Han-De-Dict: ordinäre Person (u.E.)/Verschluss für Kleider (u.E.)/ZEW für Pferde, Esel, Maulesel (u.E.)/ZEW für Stoffballen (u.E.)