bolt of cloth

Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a folded piece of cloth.

Evolution

匹 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
匹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
匹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
匹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

bolt of cloth; counter for horses; classifier for horses, mules etc; Taiwan pr. [pī]; ordinary person; classifier for cloth: bolt; horsepower

 

mate; one of a pair

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variant of [pǐ]

Most common words with 匹
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Word
Meaning

Taiwan pr. [pī]

匹配

to match

奥林匹克

Olympic

阿司匹林

aspirin (loanword)

马匹

horse