匕

Alternative forms

 * In Taiwan, the upper right stroke of 匕 is written with a straight line from left to right.
 * In other regions, the upper right stroke of 匕 is written with a curve from the top right corner towards the middle left, which is also the historical form found in the Kangxi Dictionary.

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese_radical/匕

Glyph origin
– a spoon.

Definitions

 * 1)  a kind of spoon in ancient China
 * 2)  dagger
 * 3)  arrow
 * 4)  people
 * 5) Occasionally used as an iteration marker.
 * 1) Occasionally used as an iteration marker.

Hanja

 * 1) spoon
 * 2) dagger

Han character



 * 1) In Vietnamese Hán Nôm texts, 匕 is used as an iteration marker.