pǐ, pī
bolt of cloth
Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a folded piece of cloth.
Evolution

Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 匹
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
Taiwan pr. [pī] | ||
to match | ||
Olympic | ||
aspirin (loanword) | ||
horse |
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