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撇

撇 U+6487, 撇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6487
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[U+6488]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

撇 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手火月大 (QFBK), four-corner 58040, composition ⿰扌敝)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 453, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12678
  • Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1945, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6487

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (敝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蔽 *peds
鄨 *peds, *ped
鷩 *peds, *ped
彆 *peds, *peːd
潎 *pʰeds, *pʰed
斃 *beds, *bed
敝 *beds, *bed
幣 *beds
弊 *beds
鱉 *ped
虌 *ped
憋 *ped, *pʰed, *peːd
瞥 *pʰed, *pʰeːd
鐅 *pʰed, *pʰeːd
嫳 *bed, *pʰeːd
撇 *pʰeːd
撆 *pʰeːd
暼 *pʰeːd
蹩 *beːd
襒 *beːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰeːd) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed).

Etymology 1 edit

simp. and trad.
 撇
alternative forms 撆

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • piē - "to discard, to abandon, to throw away;
  • to skim";
  • piě - "left falling stroke".
Note:
  • phiat - literary (“left falling stroke; skill; to drift with the wind (Xiamen); charming; to write a left falling stroke; to write unseriously; to turn one's head away”);
  • phia̍t - (“to drift with the wind (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)”);
  • phoat - vernacular (used in 撇叉 and 撇跤);
  • phiap - vernacular (only used in 拍撇).
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 撇
Mandarin Beijing /pʰiɛ²¹⁴/
Harbin /pʰiɛ⁴⁴/ ～油
/pʰiɛ²¹³/ ～石頭
Tianjin /pʰie²¹/
Jinan /pʰiə²¹³/
Qingdao /pʰiə⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /pʰiɛ²⁴/ 一～
/pʰiɛ⁵³/ ～嘴
Xi'an /pʰiɛ²¹/ ～捺,～油
/pʰiɛ⁵³/ ～磚頭
Xining /pʰi⁵³/
Yinchuan /pʰie¹³/
Lanzhou /pʰiə⁴⁴²/
/pʰiə¹³/ ～捺
Ürümqi /pʰiɤ⁵¹/
Wuhan /pʰie²¹³/
Chengdu /pʰie³¹/
Guiyang /pʰie²¹/
Kunming /pʰiɛ³¹/
Nanjing /pʰieʔ⁵/
Hefei /pʰiɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /pʰiəʔ²/
Pingyao /pʰiʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /pʰiaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /pʰiɪʔ⁵/
Suzhou /pʰiəʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /pʰiəʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /pʰi²¹³/
Hui Shexian /pʰeʔ²¹/
Tunxi /pʰiɛ⁵/
Xiang Changsha /pʰie²⁴/
Xiangtan /pʰie²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /piɛʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /pʰiet̚¹/
Taoyuan /pʰiet̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /pʰit̚³/
Nanning /pʰit̚³³/
Hong Kong /pʰit̚³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /pʰiat̚³²/
/pʰuat̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /pʰiɛʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /pʰiɛ²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /pʰiak̚²/
/pʰuaʔ²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /fit̚⁵/
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 撇
Reading # 1/1
No. 650
Phonetic
component 		敝
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		撆
Old
Chinese 		/*pʰeːd/
Notes 撆注或體

Definitions edit

撇

  1. to discard; to abandon; to throw away
  2. to skim; to clear (a liquid) from the substance (oil, foam, etc.) floating on it
    撇油 [Cantonese]  ―  pit3 jau4 [Jyutping]  ―  to skim oil
  3. (Chinese calligraphy) stroke that falls downwards towards the left (㇒)
  4. (Cantonese, of rain) to move in a slanted direction
    撇雨 [Cantonese]  ―  pit3 jyu5 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  5. (Cantonese) to leave (without concern)
  6. (Hakka) to flog the buttocks; to spank; to smack lightly with palm
  7. (Hokkien) skill; ability
    無半撇／无半撇 [Hokkien]  ―  bô-pòaⁿ-phiat [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  incompetent; incapable
  8. (Mainland China Hokkien) to drift with the wind
  9. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) charming; fashionable; good-looking; smart
  10. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to write a left falling stroke
  11. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to write unseriously
  12. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to turn one's head away

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 走 (“to leave (intransitive)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 走, 離開, 離去
Mandarin Taiwan 走, 離開
Jinan 走
Wanrong 走
Xi'an 走
Yinchuan 走
Xining 走
Ürümqi 走
Wuhan 走
Chengdu 走
Guiyang 走
Nanjing 走
Singapore 走, 離開
Cantonese Guangzhou 走, 扯
Hong Kong 走, 扯, 撇, 閃, 𨅝, 鬆, 撇s
Penang (Guangfu) 走
Singapore (Guangfu) 走, 扯
Gan Nanchang 走
Hakka Meixian 走
Yudu 走
Jin Taiyuan 走
Southern Min Taipei 走 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 走
Manila (Hokkien) 行
Singapore (Teochew) 走
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 走, 行
Wu Shanghai 跑, 走
Danyang 走
Hangzhou 走
Jinhua 走
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Coordinate terms edit

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

simp. and trad.
 撇

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

撇

  1. (Hakka) Used after a verb to indicate perfective aspect (action completion).
    食撇 [Meixian Hakka]  ―  sed6 pêd5 [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]  ―  to eat up
  2. (Hakka) Normally followed by 了 to mark a state change.
    電腦壞撇了。 [Meixian Hakka, trad.]
    电脑坏撇了。 [Meixian Hakka, simp.]
    tiên4 nau3 fai4 pêd5 ê2. [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]
    The computer went wrong.

Etymology 3 edit

simp. and trad.
 撇

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

撇

  1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to lightly scoop from the surface of something (oil, etc.)
  2. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to cut meat with a knife

Compounds edit

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Kanji edit

撇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

撇: Hán Nôm readings: phét, phết, phệt, phiết

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