What is the 丿 component in Chinese characters?

丿 (piě) is a Chinese character component associated here with “slash”. It appears in 72 indexed related characters and is taught as a Visual pattern.

Is 丿 a radical or a component?

丿 serves as both a component used for learning patterns and a radical used for dictionary indexing. This page focuses on the learning pattern; the linked radical page focuses on lookup.

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Visual pattern

丿 component

piě · slash

A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.

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A repeatable reading move

How to use 丿

Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.

Spot 丿

Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.

Compare the visual pattern

Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.

Check what changes

Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.

Shared clue丿Visual pattern

Read the pattern before memorizing the list

Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.

The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.

Compare the family

What stays the same, what changes?

These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 丿.

向=

丿+冂+口

xiàngHSK 3.0 · L3

towards

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水=

㇇+亅+乀+丿

shuǐHSK 3.0 · L1

water

Study character

少=

小+丿

shǎoHSK 3.0 · L1

few, little

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万=

一+丿+𠃌

wànHSK 3.0 · L2

ten thousand

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血=

丿+皿

xuèHSK 3.0 · L4

blood

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力=

丿+𠃌

lìHSK 3.0 · L5

strength, power

Study character

方=

亠+丿+𠃌

fāngHSK 3.0 · L5

square, rectangle

Study character

刀=

𠃌+丿

dāoHSK 3.0 · L4

knife

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毛=

丿+二+乚

máoHSK 3.0 · L3

hair, fur, feathers

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养=

䒑+夫+丿+丨

yǎngHSK 3.0 · L3

to raise, to rear, to bring up

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系=

丿+糸

xìHSK 3.0 · L5

system

Study character

帅=

丨+丿+巾

shuàiHSK 3.0 · L4

commander

Study character

Additional indexed matches

Some matches have only a partial visual index. Open a character to see whether a complete decomposition is available; partial data is never shown as an equation.