撇

撇 U+6487, 撇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6487 ← 撆 [U+6486] CJK Unified Ideographs 撈 → [U+6488]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

Glyph origin

	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

Characters in the same phonetic series (敝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

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

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		撇
alternative forms		撆

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piē, piě (pie¹, pie³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄝ, ㄆㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pit³
• Gan (Wiktionary): piet⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phiet

  (Meixian, Guangdong): piêd⁵

• Eastern Min (BUC): piék
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): peh⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phiat / phia̍t / phoat / phiap

  (Teochew, Peng'im): puah⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷phiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piē
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pie
    • Wade–Giles: pʻieh¹
    • Yale: pyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pie
    • Palladius: пе (pe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piě
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piě
    • Wade–Giles: pʻieh³
    • Yale: pyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piee
    • Palladius: пе (pe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴/

Note:

• piē - "to discard, to abandon, to throw away;
• to skim";
• piě - "left falling stroke".

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pit³
    • Yale: pit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: pid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːt̚³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: piet⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiɛt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: pied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: piad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯et̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: piêd⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰiɛt̚¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: piék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiɛʔ²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: peh⁶
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: peh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛʔ¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: peh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiat
    • Tâi-lô: phiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛt̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: phia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛt̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoat
    • Tâi-lô: phuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /pʰuat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiap
    • Tâi-lô: phiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiab
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiap̚³²/
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).
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: puah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phuah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuaʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷phiq
    • MiniDict: phih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴phiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰiɪʔ⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰeːd/

Definitions

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. to move the corners of one's mouth downward (to express disdain, disgust, distrust or unhappiness)
4. (Chinese calligraphy) stroke that falls downwards towards the left (㇒)
5. (Cantonese, of rain) to move in a slanted direction

   撇雨 [Cantonese]  ―  pit³ jyu⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. (Cantonese) to leave (without concern)
7. (Hakka) to flog the buttocks; to spank; to smack lightly with palm
8. (Hokkien) skill; ability

   無半撇／无半撇 [Hokkien]  ―  bô-pòaⁿ-phiat [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  incompetent; incapable

9. (Mainland China Hokkien) to drift with the wind
10. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) charming; fashionable; good-looking; smart
11. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to write a left falling stroke
12. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to write unseriously
13. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to turn one's head away

Synonyms

• (to move the corners of one's mouth downward): 撇嘴 (piězuǐ)
• (to leave):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		走, 離開, 離去
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	走, 離開
	Singapore	走, 離開
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	走
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	走
	Xi'an	走
	Xining	走
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	走
	Ürümqi	走
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	走
	Wuhan	走
	Guiyang	走
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	走
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)	走, 行, 離開
	Singapore (Teochew)	走
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	走, 行
Wu	Shanghai	跑, 走
	Danyang	走
	Hangzhou	走
	Jinhua	走
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 走 (“to leave (intransitive)”) [map]

Coordinate terms

• (basic character strokes) 點 / 点 (diǎn), 橫 / 横, 豎 / 竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤 / 钩 (gōu), 彎 / 弯 (wān), 斜

Compounds

• 一撇
• 丟撇 / 丢撇
• 乾撇下 / 干撇下
• 假撇清
• 兩撇鬍 / 两撇胡
• 坡撇
• 左撇子 (zuǒpiězi)
• 平撇
• 打撇
• 打水撇兒 / 打水撇儿
• 拋撇 / 抛撇
• 披撇
• 拿三撇四
• 撇下
• 撇假
• 撇叉 (Min Nan)
• 撇呆打墮 / 撇呆打堕
• 撇呵
• 撇嘴 (piězuǐ)
• 撇地
• 撇嵌
• 撇弔 / 撇吊
• 撇強 / 撇强
• 撇打
• 撇抗
• 撇撒
• 撇杖兒 / 撇杖儿
• 撇架子
• 撇桑 (Min Nan)
• 撇棄 / 撇弃 (piēqì)
• 撇欠
• 撇步 (piěbù)
• 撇油
• 撇油兒 / 撇油儿
• 撇清
• 撇演
• 撇漾
• 撇火石
• 撇然
• 撇罷 / 撇罢
• 撇脫 / 撇脱
• 撇蘭 / 撇兰
• 撇號 / 撇号 (piěhào)
• 撇賴 / 撇赖
• 撇跤 (Min Nan)
• 撇閃 / 撇闪
• 撇開 / 撇开 (piēkāi)
• 撇除 (piēchú)
• 撇風 / 撇风
• 撇點 / 撇点 (piědiǎn)
• 撇齒拉嘴 / 撇齿拉嘴
• 擣虛撇抗 / 捣虚撇抗
• 有撇斷 / 有撇断
• 無半撇 / 无半撇 (Min Nan)
• 番仔鬍鬚——無半撇 / 番仔胡须——无半撇 (Min Nan)
• 蘭葉撇 / 兰叶撇
• 飄撇 / 飘撇 (phiau-phiat) (Min Nan)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		撇

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pêd⁵

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• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pêd⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰɛt̚¹/

Definitions

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

   • 𠊎尋撇你三四擺都尋唔到。 [Meixian Hakka, trad.]
     𠊎寻撇你三四摆都寻唔到。 [Meixian Hakka, simp.]

     From: 2015, 温昌衍 and 王秋珺 (editors), 《客家方言》, page 132

     ngai² qim² pêd⁵ n² sam¹ xi⁴ bai³ du¹ qim² m² dau³. [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]

     I have looked for you three, four times but could not find you.

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

simp. and trad.		撇

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phih

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phih
    • Tâi-lô: phih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiʔ⁵/

Definitions

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

• 撇丿

References

• “撇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “撇”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 177.

Japanese

Kanji

撇

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): へつ (hetsu)、へち (hechi)、へい (hei)
• Kun: ぬぐう (nugū)

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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References

• Nom Foundation