Chinese Character 匹 Meanings and components.

Form

匹

Meaning

匹 meaning[3] in English

Mate.

One Of A Pair.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 匹 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'right open box' … (匚) , and variant of 人[ren2] (儿)

Its radical[1] is: 匸 (xi4) which means: 'Cover' Or 'Conceal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 23), See Also 匚[Fang1], .匸xi4'cover' or …

In cangjie it is written with SC

How to write 匹

To write匹pi3mate you should write a combination of 匚fang1'right open … , 儿er2variant of … arranged in a 回 shape:

匚 + 儿 = 匹

匹 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 匹 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 匹, looks as follow:

匹
Pinyin:pi3 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Mate . One Of A Pair
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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