撇 piě
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 敝 to break, to destroy
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
撇
piě
left-falling stroke; to cast aside; to fling
Character
Example phrases
- 写这个字时，最后一撇不能拖得太长，否则结构会失衡。 Xiě zhège zì shí, zuìhòu yī piě bùnéng tuō de tài cháng, fǒuzé jiégòu huì shīhéng. When writing this character, the final left-falling stroke must not be dragged out too long, or the structure will lose balance.
- 他用勺子把汤上面的浮油撇掉了。 Tā yòng sháozi bǎ tāng shàngmiàn de fúyóu piē diào le. He skimmed the fat off the top of the soup with a spoon.
- 老师在黑板上先写了一撇，再写一捺。 Lǎoshī zài hēibǎn shàng xiān xiě le yì piě, zài xiě yí nà. On the blackboard the teacher first wrote a left-falling stroke, then a right-falling one.
Related words
- 刊登 kāndēng to publish; to carry in a publication
- 偏旁 piānpáng radical; component of a Chinese character
- 刊物 kānwù publication; periodical
- 墨 mò ink
- 名言 míngyán famous saying; famous quote
- 潦草 liáocǎo hasty; careless; illegible
- 名著 míngzhù masterpiece; famous work
- 简体字 jiǎntǐzì simplified Chinese characters
- 列举 lièjǔ to list; to enumerate; to cite
- 简称 jiǎnchēng abbreviation; to be abbreviated as
- 省略 shěnglüè to omit; to abridge
- 片段 piànduàn fragment; excerpt; segment