slash

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a basic stroke in ancient pictographic writing, representing a diagonal or angled line. It is one of the most fundamental strokes used to construct other Chinese characters.

Mnemonic: A simple diagonal stroke like a slash across the page—the foundation of all Chinese characters.

• 丿piě🔊

  radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4), aka 撇[pie3]

  1 strokes

• 乀fú🔊

  stretch

  1 strokes

• 乃nǎi🔊

  variant of 乃[nai3]

  HSK 7

  2 strokes

• 㐅wǔ🔊

  old variant of 五[wu3]

  2 strokes

• 乂yì🔊

  to regulate

  2 strokes

• 么me🔊

  variant of 麼|么[me5]

  3 strokes

• 之zhī🔊

  (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

  HSK 7

  3 strokes

• 久jiǔ🔊

  (of a period of time) long

  HSK 3

  3 strokes

• 义yì🔊

  justice

  3 strokes

• 乆jiǔ🔊

  old variant of 久[jiu3]

  3 strokes

• 乇tuō🔊

  old variant of 托[tuo1]

  3 strokes