撇

piē · piě · biē

to cast away · to fling aside

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 14

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

Stroke Order · 14 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

撇=扌+敝

Etymology

hand

Meanings

to cast away

to fling aside

piē

to throw

to cast

left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)

piě

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Words with 撇 63 total

to disregard; to leave aside撇开piē kāi to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is innocent or in the clear撇清piē qīng

Idioms with 撇 4 total

lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom) · fig. things have not even begun to take shape · no sign of success yet八字没一撇bā zì méi yī piě