撇

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to throw; to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)

14 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,663 U+6487

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 敝 (phonetic, bì)

components: 扌敝

cast aside · Heisig RSH #2043

fingers + shredder

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 敝

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 敝 (bì) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
敝 sound component	bì	to break, to destroy; ruined, tattered
蔽	bì	to cover, to hide, to shelter
鳖	biē	turtle
憋	biē	to stifle, to restrain, to choke; to suppress one's inner feelings
瞥	piē	to take a fleeting glance at

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
八字还没一撇儿	bā zì hái méi yī piě r	lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom); fig. things have …
八字没一撇	bā zì méi yī piě	lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom); fig. things have …
八字还没一撇	bā zì hái méi yī piě	lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom); fig. thin…
撇大条	piě dà tiáo	(slang) to take a dump
左撇子	zuǒ piě zi	left-hander
右撇子	yòu piě zi	right-hander
撇下	piē xia	to cast away
撇开	piē kāi	to disregard; to leave aside
撇清	piē qīng	to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasize one is i…
撇号	piě hào	apostrophe
撇嘴	piě zuǐ	to curl one's lip; to twitch one's mouth
撇条	piě tiáo	(slang) to go to the toilet
撇步	piě bù	(Tw) trick (of the trade); clever move (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [phiat-pōo])
撇去	piē qù	skim
撇掉	piē diào	to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid