Keyword
small animal
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1830
Readings
ひき
(33%)
(31%)
ぴき
(26%)
ひっ
(7%)
Composed of
box on its side
legs
Mnemonic

A box on its side with a bunch of dismembered legs of small animals inside. Someone must have been a little psychopath.

Do not confuse with , which is the archaic counter for small animals.

Used in vocabulary (28 in total)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
Examples (98 in total)
There are two dogs over there.
My dog is the bigger of the two.
How many cats are there in this house?