The kanji 匹: meaning, readings and stroke order

匹

Meaning: counter for animals, match
On reading: ヒツ hitsu
Kun reading: ひき hiki
Strokes: 4
Radical: 匸 hiding enclosure
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con (đếm thú), ngang bằng (thất)
Japanese: どうぶつをかぞえることば。ならぶ。
Korean: 마리, 맞먹다 (필)
Chinese: 只（量词）、匹敌

Readings, words and example sentences

ヒツ hitsu · on reading · less common

匹ひっ敵てき
being a match for, equal to
この店の味に 匹ひっ敵てきする店はありません。
No other shop can match the taste of this one.

ひき hiki · kun reading

匹ひき
counter for small animals
犬が三匹ひき います。
There are three dogs.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.