撇

撇 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手火月大 (QFBK), four-corner 5804₀, composition ⿰扌敝)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 453, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12678
• Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1945, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6487

Historical forms of the character 撇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰeːd): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed).

撇

1. to discard; to abandon; to throw away
2. to skim; to clear (a liquid) from the substance (oil, foam, etc.) floating on it

   撇油   ―  pit³ jau⁴   ―  to skim oil

3. to move the corners of one's mouth downward (to express disdain, disgust, distrust or unhappiness)
4. (Chinese calligraphy) stroke that falls downwards towards the left (㇒)
5. Classifier for things that look like the stroke ㇒; glancing actions or thin, slanted objects.

   一撇胡子  ―  yī piě húzǐ  ―  a wisp of a moustache

   两撇扫帚眉  ―  liǎng piě sǎozhǒuméi  ―  two bushy brows

   一撇墨水  ―  yī piě mòshuǐ  ―  a flick of ink

6. (Cantonese, of rain) to move in a slanted direction

   撇雨   ―  pit³ jyu⁵   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. (Cantonese) to leave (without concern)
8. (Hakka) to flog the buttocks; to spank; to smack lightly with palm
9. (Hokkien) skill; ability

   無半撇／无半撇   ―  bô-pòaⁿ-phiat   ―  incompetent; incapable

10. (Mainland China Hokkien) to drift with the wind
11. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) charming; fashionable; good-looking; smart
12. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to write a left falling stroke
13. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to write unseriously
14. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to turn one's head away

• (to move the corners of one's mouth downward): 撇嘴 (piězuǐ)
• (to leave):

• (basic character strokes) 點 / 点 (diǎn), 橫 / 横, 豎 / 竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤 / 钩 (gōu), 彎 / 弯 (wān), 斜

撇

1. (Hakka) Used after a verb to indicate perfective aspect (action completion).

   食撇   ―  sed⁶ pêd⁵   ―  to eat up

   • 𠊎尋撇你三四擺都尋唔到。
     𠊎寻撇你三四摆都寻唔到。

     From: 2015, 温昌衍 and 王秋珺 (editors), 《客家方言》, page 132

     ngai² qim² pêd⁵ n² sam¹ xi⁴ bai³ du¹ qim² m² dau³.

     I have looked for you three, four times but could not find you.

2. (Hakka) Normally followed by 了 to mark a state change.

   電腦壞撇了。
   电脑坏撇了。

   tiên⁴ nau³ fai⁴ pêd⁵ ê².

   The computer went wrong.

撇

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to lightly scoop from the surface of something (oil, etc.)
2. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to cut meat with a knife

• “撇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “撇”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 177.
• Jiao, Fandun. (2002). "撇" in 汉英量词词典 (2nd ed.). Beijing:Sinolingua. ISBN: 978-7-80052-568-1. Page 106.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): へつ (hetsu)、へち (hechi)、へい (hei)
• Kun: ぬぐう (nugū)

撇: Hán Nôm readings: phét, phết, phệt, phiết

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