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Kanji Detail for 疋 - "foot, bolt"

疋

  • Meaning

    疋 means "foot, bolt." Also associated with unit of measurement.

    1. Foot - The lower extremity used for walking.

    2. Counter - A unit for counting animals.

    3. Bolt - A unit of cloth measurement.

  • Tattoo check: 疋

    • Verified meaning: foot, bolt
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ひき)
    • Also carries these associations: unit of measurement

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 疋

    Surnames 疋(ひき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    head; counter for animals

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    roll, bolt of cloth; foot

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 匹[pi3]; classifier for cloth: bolt

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    roll, bolt of cloth; foot

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Correct. The ancient 雅 in Odes, Songs, and Erya were all written as 疋. | Any bolt of cloth, colloquially is called 疋.

  • Onyomi

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    hiki(ヒキ) ヒキ

    hitsu(ヒツ) ヒツ

    sho(ショ) ショ

    so(ソ) ソ

  • Kunyomi

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    ashi(あし) あし

  • Strokes

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    5 strokes

  • Radical

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    疋 (hiki・hikihen)

  • Related Keywords

    foot bolt unit of measurement piece counter cloth fabric roll sole stride counting

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