撇

piē · piě

to cast away · to fling aside

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 14 HSK 7-9

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Stroke Order · 14 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

撇=扌+敝

Etymology

hand

Meanings2 pronunciations

piē

to cast away

to fling aside

piě

to throw

to cast

left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)

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Words with 撇 63 total

to disregard; to leave aside撇开piē kāi to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is innocent or in the clear撇清piē qīng to curl one's lip · to twitch one's mouth撇嘴piě zuǐ to cast away撇下piē xia skim撇去piē qù to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid撇掉piē diào (slang) to go to the toilet撇条piě tiáo (Tw) trick (of the trade); clever move (from Taiwanese)撇步piě bù apostrophe撇号piě hào left-hander左撇子zuǒ piě zi right-hander右撇子yòu piě zi (slang) to take a dump撇大条piě dà tiáo

Idioms with 撇 4 total Chain

lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 bā (idiom) · fig. things have not even begun to take shape · no sign of success yet八字没一撇bā zì méi yī piě

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