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匹 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「匸」

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4Junior high level ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「匸」
On
ヒツひつ · hitsu
Kun
ひきhiki
Meaning
counter for animals; equal

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

From cloth folded in two: a matching pair — also the counter for animals.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヒツひつhitsu匹敵ひってき匹夫ひっぷ馬匹ばひつ
Kunひきhiki数匹すうひき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 匹敵ひってき

    being a match for

  • 一匹いっぴき

    one animal

More words with this kanji

  • 儔匹ちゅうひつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

犬(いぬ)が二(に)匹(ひき)遊(あそ)んでいる。

Two dogs are playing.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Radical

Map of radical 匸Map of reading ヒツAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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