撇

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

• KangXi: 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

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

撇

1. to discard; to abandon; to throw away
2. to skim
3. (Chinese calligraphy) a stroke that falls downwards towards the left (㇒)
4. (Cantonese, of rain) to move in a slanted direction

   撇雨 [Cantonese]  ―  pit³ jyu⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

5. (Cantonese) to leave (without concern)
6. (Cantonese) to skim (to clear (a liquid) from the substance floating on it), especially oil
7. (Hakka) to flog the buttocks; to spank; to smack lightly with palm

• (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 [Meixian Hakka]  ―  sed⁶ pêd⁵ [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]  ―  to eat up

   • 𠊎尋撇你三四擺都尋唔到。 [Meixian Hakka, trad.]
     𠊎寻撇你三四摆都寻唔到。 [Meixian Hakka, simp.]

     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. [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]

     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。 [Meixian Hakka]  ―  tiên⁴ nau³ fai⁴ pêd⁵ ê². [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]  ―  The computer went wrong.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): へつ (hetsu), へち (hechi), へい (hei)
• Kun: ぬぐう (nuguu)

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

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