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匹
JLPT N2 4 strokes Frequency: #1384

Meanings

Equal, Head, Counter For Small Animals, Roll Of Cloth

Radicals

匸

Decomposition

⿷匸儿

Etymology

Pictographic: A roll of cloth

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 4

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 diagonal right-to-left
3 curve right-to-left
4 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ヒツ hitsu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ひき hiki

Words Using This Kanji

17 words total
Other (17 words)
数匹 すうひき

several animals

馬匹 ばひつ

horses

匹婦 ひっぷ

coarse woman

匹敵 ひってき

to be a match for

匹夫の勇 ひっぷのゆう

rash courage

匹夫匹婦 ひっぷひっぷ

coarse men and women

匹夫匹婦 ひっぷひっぷ

coarse men and women

匹夫 ひっぷ

(humble) man

匹 ひき

counter for small animals

男一匹 おとこいっぴき

shining example of a man

猫の子一匹いない ねこのこいっぴきいない

completely deserted

絹一匹 きぬいっぴき

one roll of silk

匹偶 ひつぐう

pair

匹夫も志を奪うべからず ひっぷもこころざしをうばうべからず

one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man

ミミズ千匹 ミミズせんびき

thousand earthworms (as a description for a vagina that has many folds and provides extraordinary pleasure during intercourse)

三匹のこぶた さんぴきのこぶた

The Three Little Pigs (fable)

一匹 いっぴき

one (small animal)

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