CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

丿

 

 

1 stroke ( 丿 )

ㄆlㄝ (pie3)

piě

 

丿 = line; slash => indicative pictograph of a slash or slant line (radical 4); its mirror image is 乀 , which is pronounced fú (ㄈㄨ2), and it is alternatively written 乁 ,  which is pronounced yí (l2)

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