Chinese Character Wiki
疋

pǐ, shū, yǎ

foot

Pictograph of a foot.

Evolution

疋 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
疋 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
疋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
疋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

疋  

pǐ

roll, bolt of cloth

疋  

shū

foot

疋  

yǎ

variant of 雅[yǎ]

匹 (疋) 

pǐ

variant of 匹[pǐ]; classifier for cloth: bolt

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

旋 胥 疌

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

楚 疏

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*sra

srjo

shū

foot


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+758B

Shuowen

“疋，足也。上象腓腸，下从止。《弟子職》曰：‘問疋何止﹖’古文以為《詩．大疋》字，亦以為足字，或曰胥字。一曰疋記也。”


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