# 匹

| 匹 | U+5339, &#21305; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5339 |
| ← 匸 [U+5338] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 区 → [U+533A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

匹 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 尸金 (SC), four-corner 7171$_1$, composition ⿷匚儿(GJKV) or ⿷匸⿰丿㇄(HT))

#### Derived characters

* 甚

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 154, character 36
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2673
* Dae Jaweon: page 347, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 81, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5339

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匹 :
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 匹 | *pʰid |
| 鴄 | *pʰid |
Uncertain. Various theories have been proposed based on the evidence from the bronze inscriptions:
* Pictogram (象形) of folds in cloth (Lin, 1920);
* Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰid): semantic 石 (“rock”) + phonetic 乙 (OC *qriɡ) or 乀 (MC phjut). The phonetic component may be replaced with 匕 (OC *pilʔ) (not shown above);
* Ideogram (指事): half of 丙 (“two horses”) – one horse (Zhang et al., 1996), but the origin of the character 丙 is also uncertain (for example, it could be the tail of a fish).
Shuowen considers it to be an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰid): phonetic 八 (OC *preːd, “eight”) + semantic 匸 (“to conceal”) – unit of measuring cloth. 八 refers to eight folds in one 匹 of cloth (two bolts of cloth), and 匸 refers to concealing the two ends of the cloth when rolling it up. This interpretation is not likely since the older forms evidently do not contain these components.

### Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly related to Khmer ពីរ (pii, “two”) or Mizo phîr (“double; forked; twin”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Wang (1982) considers it to be cognate with 比 (OC *piʔ, “to compare; to match”), 媲 (OC *pʰiːs, “to match; to pair”).
The meaning “four zhang of cloth” is probably a special application, but it is reminiscent of Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”) (ibid.).

#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): pǐ (pi$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pi$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pat$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phit
* Northern Min (KCR): pĭ
* Eastern Min (BUC): pék
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phit / phek
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pig$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$phiq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^3$
*** Yale: pǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: pi$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pi
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pat$^1$
*** Yale: pāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ped$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɐt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phit
*** Hakka Romanization System: pid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰit̚²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pék
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɛiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phit
*** Tâi-lô: phit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phid
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰit̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰit̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek
*** Tâi-lô: phik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pheg
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pig$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phik
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰik̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$phiq
*** MiniDict: phih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$phiq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰiɪʔ⁵⁵/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit匹 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pʰi²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /pʰi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pʰi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /pʰi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /pʰi⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /pʰi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /pʰi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /pʰji⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /pʰi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /pʰi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pʰi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /pʰi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /pʰi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /pʰi²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /pʰi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /pʰiʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pʰiəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pʰiəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pʰiʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pʰiəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pʰiɪʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /pʰiəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /pʰiəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /pʰi²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /pʰi³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /pʰi⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pʰi²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /pʰi²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pʰiʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pʰit̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pʰit̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pʰɐt̚⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pʰɐt̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pʰɐt̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pʰit̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pʰɛiʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pʰi²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /pʰik̚²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /fit̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: phjit
Rime :
| Character | 匹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 譬吉切 |
| Baxter | phjit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰjet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pat$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰi[t]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰid/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 匹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phjit › |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰi[t]/ |
| English | one of a pair |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 匹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9737 |
| Phonetic component | 匹 |
| Rime group | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 匹 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰid/ |

##### Definitions

匹
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to match; to be equal
    匹配 ― pǐpèi ― to match
    匹敵／匹敌 ― pǐdí ― to be equal
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) match; equal; opponent
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mate; spouse
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) single; one
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) four zhang of cloth
* Classifier for bolts of cloth.
    一匹布 ― yī pǐ bù ― a bolt of cloth
* (Sichuanese) Classifier for flat surfaces or objects (hillside, leaves, tiles, etc.).
* (Sichuanese) Classifier for long, thin objects (bones, feathers, grass, bamboo strips, etc.).
* (Sichuanese) Classifier for pieces or lumps (bricks, etc.).
* (Sichuanese) Classifier for mountains.
* a surname

##### Compounds

* 一匹布咁長 / 一匹布咁长
* 一匹錦 / 一匹锦
* 亞匹 / 亚匹
* 倫匹 / 伦匹
* 匹亞 / 匹亚
* 匹似
* 匹偶 (pǐ'ǒu)
* 匹儔 / 匹俦
* 匹夫 (pǐfū)
* 匹夫之勇 (pǐfūzhīyǒng)
* 匹夫匹婦 / 匹夫匹妇
* 匹夫懷璧 / 匹夫怀璧
* 匹夫有責 / 匹夫有责
* 匹如
* 匹婦 / 匹妇
* 匹敵 / 匹敌 (pǐdí)
* 匹禽
* 匹練 / 匹练
* 匹配 (pǐpèi)
* 匹配阻抗
* 匹頭 / 匹头
* 妃匹
* 布匹 (bùpǐ)
* 打脊匹夫
* 曠世無匹 / 旷世无匹
* 無可匹敵 / 无可匹敌
* 老匹夫
* 舉世無匹 / 举世无匹
* 雉求牡匹
* 韋布匹夫 / 韦布匹夫

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): pǐ, pī
       (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ, ㄆㄧ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pi$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pat$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phit / phek
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^3$
*** Yale: pǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pī
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pi
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^1$
*** Yale: pī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: pi$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pi
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pat$^1$
*** Yale: pāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ped$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɐt̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phit
*** Tâi-lô: phit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phid
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰit̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰit̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek
*** Tâi-lô: phik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pheg
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit匹 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pʰi²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /pʰi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pʰi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /pʰi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /pʰi⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /pʰi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /pʰi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /pʰji⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /pʰi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /pʰi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pʰi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /pʰi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /pʰi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /pʰi²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /pʰi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /pʰiʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pʰiəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pʰiəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pʰiʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pʰiəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pʰiɪʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /pʰiəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /pʰiəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /pʰi²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /pʰi³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /pʰi⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pʰi²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /pʰi²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pʰiʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pʰit̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pʰit̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pʰɐt̚⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pʰɐt̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pʰɐt̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pʰit̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pʰɛiʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pʰi²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /pʰik̚²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /fit̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: phjit
Rime :
| Character | 匹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 譬吉切 |
| Baxter | phjit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰjet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pat$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰi[t]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰid/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 匹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phjit › |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰi[t]/ |
| English | one of a pair |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 匹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9737 |
| Phonetic component | 匹 |
| Rime group | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 匹 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰid/ |

##### Definitions

匹
* Classifier for horses, donkeys, mules, etc.
    一匹馬／一匹马 ― yī pǐ mǎ ― a horse
    一匹斑馬／一匹斑马 ― yī pǐ bānmǎ ― a zebra
    一匹狼 ― yī pǐ láng ― a wolf
    一匹馬騾／一匹马骡 ― yī pǐ mǎluó ― a mule
    一匹駱駝／一匹骆驼 ― yī pǐ luòtuó ― a camel
    一匹騸馬／一匹骟马 ― yī pǐ shànmǎ ― a gelding
    一匹騾子／一匹骡子 ― yī pǐ luózi ― a mule
* (dialectal, including Sichuanese) Classifier for animals.
    From: 1922, 魯迅 (Lu Xun), 阿Q正傳 (The True Story of Ah Q), translation from the Marxists Internet Archive
    Ā Q méiyǒu shuō wán huà, bábù biàn pǎo; zhuī lái de shì yī pǐ hěn féidà de hēi gǒu. [Pinyin]
    Leaving his sentence unfinished, Ah Q took to his heels as fast as he could, followed by an enormously fat, black dog.
    From: 1974, 克非 (Kefei), 春潮急
    Squeak squeak squeak, a mouse is squeaking in some dark corner.
* horsepower
    From: 2007 August 3, 空调加雪种陷阱面面观, in 南方都市报
    Zhāng nǚshì tóusù chēng, yīnwèi jiālǐ yī tái yī pǐ fēntǐ kōngdiào bù zhìlěng, yǐwèi shì xuězhǒng bùgòu le, jiù huā le 100 yuán jiā xuězhǒng, dànshì liǎng tiān zhīhòu yòu bù zhìlěng le. [Pinyin]
    Ms. Zhang filed a complaint, saying that because her house's one-horsepower split air conditioner was not blowing cold air, she thought there were not enough freons. She spent 100 yuan to add freons, but two days later it was not blowing cold air again.
* BTU (energy unit)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 匹 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 匹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 匹, 隻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 匹, 隻 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 匹 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 匹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 匹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 匹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 匹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 匹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 匹 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 匹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 匹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 匹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 匹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 匹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 匹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 匹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 匹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 匹, 隻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 匹, 隻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 匹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 匹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 條 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 條 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 條, 匹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 匹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 匹, 個 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 個 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 個 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 個 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 個 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 匹 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 匹 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 隻 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 隻 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 匹 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 條 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 條 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 條 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 條 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 條 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 條, 匹 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 匹 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 隻 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 條 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 條 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 匹 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 匹 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頭, 匹 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 頭 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 頭 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 頭 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 頭 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 條 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 頭, 匹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 頭 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 頭 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 頭 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 頭 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 頭 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 匹 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 頭 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 隻, 匹 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 隻 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 頭 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 匹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 匹 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 匹 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 隻 |
| Wu | Danyang | 匹 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 匹 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 匹 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 匹, 隻 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 匹 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 隻 |

##### Compounds

* 匹似閒 / 匹似闲
* 匹力撲六 / 匹力扑六
* 匹如閒 / 匹如闲
* 匹撲 / 匹扑
* 匹然
* 匹角兒 / 匹角儿
* 匹面
* 匹頭裡 / 匹头里
* 匹馬不還 / 匹马不还
* 匹馬單槍 / 匹馬單鎗 / 匹马单枪 (pǐmǎdānqiāng)
* 匹馬隻輪 / 匹马只轮
* 單槍匹馬 / 单枪匹马 (dānqiāngpǐmǎ)
* 狼匹
* 頭匹 / 头匹
* 馬匹 / 马匹 (mǎpǐ)
* 騾匹 / 骡匹
* 驢匹 / 驴匹

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Thai บาท (bàat, “baht”).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): pat$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pat$^1$
*** Yale: pāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ped$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɐt̚⁵/

##### Definitions

匹
* (Cantonese) baht; a Thai unit of currency
    五百匹 [Cantonese] ― ng$^5$ baak$^3$ pat$^1$ [Jyutping] ― five hundred baht

##### Synonyms

* 銖／铢 (zhū)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pǐ, pī
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ, ㄆㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pat$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^3$
*** Yale: pǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pī
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pi
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^1$
*** Yale: pī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
*** Palladius: пи (pi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pat$^1$
*** Yale: pāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ped$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɐt̚⁵/

#### Definitions

匹
* Used in transcription.

#### Compounds

* 亞士匹靈 / 亚士匹灵
* 匹茲堡 / 匹兹堡 (Pǐzībǎo)
* 奧林匹亞 / 奥林匹亚 (àolínpǐyà)
* 奧林匹克 / 奥林匹克 (àolínpǐkè)
* 阿司匹林
* 阿司匹靈 / 阿司匹灵
* 阿士匹靈 / 阿士匹灵
* 阿斯匹靈 / 阿斯匹灵 (āsīpǐlíng)

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 匹 – see 鴄 (“duck”). (This character is a variant form of 鴄).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひち (hichi)
* Kan-on: ひつ (hitsu, Jōyō)
* Kun: ひき (hiki, 匹, Jōyō)、たぐい (tagui)、たぐう (taguu, 匹う)

### Etymology

The original hichi reading evolved into hiki by association with 引き (hiki, “pulling”), from the way that an animal's leash is pulled.(Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Counter

匹(ひき) • (-hiki)
* small animals
    犬(いぬ)が一(いっ)匹(ぴき)います。
       Inu ga ippiki imasu.
       There is one dog.
    猫(ねこ)三(さん)匹(びき)を飼(か)っています。
       Neko sanbiki o katte imasu.
       I have three cats.
** 1984 February 20 [1983 June 15], Motoka Murakami, “気(き)になる新(しん)任(にん)先(せん)生(せい)の巻(まき) [A Little Worried about the New Teacher]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], 4th edition, volume 10 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 147:
    先(せん)生(せい)　いたべ⁉おう！いたぞ。まっ白(しろ)いメス犬(いぬ)がお産(さん)のまっさいちゅうだ。２(に)～３(さん)匹(びき)うまれてるが、まだあと３(さん)匹(びき)ぐらいはうまれるな。白(しろ)いメス犬(いぬ)⁉ひょっとすると…⁉ほら六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)、前(まえ)に十(と)一(いち)さよく白(しろ)いノラ犬(いぬ)といっしょにあそんでいたでしょう。うん‼きっと十(と)一(いち)の子(こ)よ‼十(と)一(いち)とあの白(しろ)い犬(いぬ)との赤(あか)ちゃんよ！
       Sensei ita be⁉
       Are they in there, Sensei!?
       Ō! Ita zo. Masshiroi mesuinu ga o-san no massaichū da. Ni~sanbiki umareteru ga, mada ato sanbiki gurai wa umareru na.
       Yeah! There’s a white dog giving birth in there. 2 or 3 pups have come out but there’s probably 3 more to come.
       Shiroi mesuinu⁉ Hyotto suru to…⁉ Hora Musashi, mae ni Toichi sa yoku shiroi norainu to issho ni asonde ita deshō.
       A white dog!? Could it be…!? Hey Musashi, you remember Toichi used to go stay with a white stray dog a while back?
       Un‼
       Yeah!!
       Kitto Toichi no ko yo‼ Toichi to ano shiroi inu to no aka-chan yo!
       These must be Toichi’s puppies!! They’re Toichi and that white dog’s babies!
** 2010 March 17 [2010 July 5], Hajime Isayama, “その日(ひ) [That Day]”, in 進撃の巨人 [Attack on Titan], 4th edition, volume 1, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, pages 86–87:
    駆(く)逐(ちく)してやる‼この世(よ)から…一(いっ)匹(ぴき)…残(のこ)らず‼
       Kuchikushite yaru‼ Kono yo kara… ippiki… nokorazu‼
       I will wipe them out!! Every single one... of those pests... off the face of the earth!!
* rolls of cloth
* (historical) numbers of 銭(せん) (sen)

#### Usage notes

* Depending on the preceding word, -hiki may change via rendaku to become -biki or -piki.
v • d • eJapanese counter/suffix: 匹 (ひき, hiki, "small animals") :
| Number | Kanji | Kana | Romaji |
| 1 | 一匹 | いっぴき | ippiki |
| 2 | 二匹 | にひき | nihiki |
| 3 | 三匹 | さんびき | sanbiki |
| 4 | 四匹 | よんひき | yonhiki |
| 5 | 五匹 | ごひき | gohiki |
| 6 | 六匹 | ろっぴき | roppiki |
| 7 | 七匹 | ななひき、しちひき | nanahiki, shichihiki |
| 8 | 八匹 | はっぴき、はちひき | happiki, hachihiki |
| 9 | 九匹 | きゅうひき | kyūhiki |
| 10 | 十匹 | じっぴき、じゅっぴき | jippiki, juppiki |
| 11 | 十一匹 | じゅういっぴき | jūippiki |
| 12 | 十二匹 | じゅうにひき | jūnihiki |
| 20 | 二十匹 | にじっぴき、にじゅっぴき | nijippiki, nijuppiki |
| 21 | 二十一匹 | にじゅういっぴき | nijūippiki |
| 100 | 百匹 | ひゃっぴき | hyappiki |
| 1,000 | 千匹 | せんびき | senbiki |
| 10,000 | 一万匹 | いちまんびき | ichimanbiki |
| 100,000,000 | 一億匹 | いちおくひき | ichiokuhiki |
| 0 | ０匹、零匹 | ゼロひき、れいひき | zerohiki, reihiki |
| ? | 何匹 | なんびき、なんひき | nanbiki, nanhiki |
* The counter for larger animals, such as livestock, is usually 頭 (tō, literally “head”).

#### Alternative forms

* 疋

### References

* Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

匹 • (pil, mok) (hangeul 필, 목, revised pil, mok, McCune–Reischauer p'il, mok)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

匹: Hán Nôm readings: thất, sất, sơ, sớt, sứt, thớt
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