piēpiě

discard

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

敝 sound component

  Sound component

  

worn out

Evolution

撇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
撇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

piē

discard, abandon, throw away; to cast away; to fling aside

 

piě

to throw; to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)

Most common words with 撇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to throw

左撇子

left-handed

撇开

to disregard

撇下

to cast away

撇嘴

to curl one's lip