撇
Information about character(s)
Radical: 手Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 14
Variants: 撆
Pronunciation
Pinyin: piē, biē, piěCantonese: pit3
JapaneseKun: NUGUU
JapaneseOn: HETSU HECHI HEI
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: discard, abandon, throw awayCE-Dict: to throw/to cast/left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to cast away; to throw away
2.to skim
pie
ㄆㄧㄝˇ
1.(of calligraphy) the falling left stroke in writing a Chinese character or something shaped like the stroke
2.to pursue the mouth (in contempt or to resist an impulse to cry)
朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: cast aside; neglect
懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: cast aside; neglect
康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】 撇
【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤匹蔑切。同撆。見上(撆字)註。【前漢·揚雄甘泉賦】浮蔑蠓而撇天。【註】撇,猶拂也。【王褒·洞簫賦】聯綿彯撇,生微風兮。 又書法有撇。【書·法離鉤】長撇須迅其鋒。 又【正韻】必弊切,音閉。義同。 又【集韻】【韻會】𠀤匹裔切,潎去聲。摽也。 又【集韻】必結切,閉入聲。揎衣也。
CF-Dict: trait qui descend obliquement vers la gauche (calligraphie)
Han-De-Dict: drehen, Überwurf (u.E.) (S)/nach links gezeichneter Schrägstrich in der Kalligraphie (u.E.) (S)