撇
2 readings · tap one to hear it
to throw; to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 手 +11
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 撇
- Common rank
- #2,662
- Unicode
- U+6487
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
cast aside · Heisig RSH #2043
fingers + shredder
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 撇
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 八字还没一撇儿 | lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom); fig. things have … | |
| 八字没一撇 | lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom); fig. things have … | |
| 八字还没一撇 | lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom); fig. thin… | |
| 撇大条 | (slang) to take a dump | |
| 左撇子 | left-hander | |
| 右撇子 | right-hander | |
| 撇下 | to cast away | |
| 撇开 | to disregard; to leave aside | |
| 撇清 | to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is i… | |
| 撇号 | apostrophe | |
| 撇嘴 | to curl one's lip; to twitch one's mouth | |
| 撇条 | (slang) to go to the toilet | |
| 撇步 | (Tw) trick (of the trade); clever move (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [phiat-pōo]) | |
| 撇去 | skim | |
| 撇掉 | to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 敝 — compare how they read.