匕

bǐ

Radical: 匕 pictographic

Components & Etymology

匕 decomposes into the following components:

乚 丿

Words containing 匕

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 匕.

匕首
bǐ shǒu
dagger
图穷匕见
tú qióng bǐ xiàn
lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4] by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC) (idiom)
图穷匕首见
tú qióng bǐ shǒu xiàn

Related characters (radical 匕)

Characters that share the radical 匕.

化 北 匙

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