The correct way to write the strokes of Pi

The correct stroke order for Pi is: horizontal stroke, horizontal hook, vertical stroke, vertical stroke, horizontal stroke, and nip.

Pi (pinyin: pí) is a first-level standard Chinese character (commonly used character) in Chinese. This character first appeared in oracle bone inscriptions in the Shang Dynasty. Its ancient character looks like peeling off an animal's skin by hand, and it is extended to refer to the skin of an animal. Skin is used as a noun. It also generally refers to the epidermis of other organisms, and by extension refers to the outside and outer layer of things. It also refers to skin-like flakes.

The toughness of skin also refers to the toughness of things. "Pi" also means not listening to other people's advice, being as pliable as skin and not easy to change, that is, naughty.

The word "skin" has already appeared in oracle bone inscriptions, and the explanation of its physical structure is as follows: It is said to be like a hand-held peeling utensil. The upper part of the word represents the utensil, and the lower right part represents a hand. .

It is said that the shape of the upper part represents the animal's head, the vertical line in the middle represents the body of the beast, the semicircle on the right represents the skin that is lifted up, and the word "you" below represents the hand, and the entire glyph represents skinning the animal with hands. The shape of the skin. During the Warring States Period, the "you" in the lower right corner may have been used as cun, but it did not gain mainstream status (you and cun are closely related radicals in both form and meaning). There are many changes in the upper components, and the changes are serious.

The upper part resembles the division and peeling off of an animal's head, and the lower part resembles a shelf with the animal skin spread out. The hands maintain their original shape without changing. After the official reform, the regular script was written as "Pi", and the meaning of the strokes was combined with the changes of the strokes to become a mark character.

Based on the glyph analysis of oracle bone inscriptions, the original meaning of "pi" is to peel off the skin. For example, in "Warring States Policy", "He cut out his eyes from the skin and slaughtered his intestines, so he died." Among them, "pi" means peeling off the skin. meaning.

"Skin" refers to both the action of peeling and the skin removed. Derived from the meaning of "animal skin", it refers to the surface tissues of all living organisms. According to the properties and status of the epidermis of living organisms, it has been extended to different aspects, resulting in many new meanings and many new words.

Skin is the epidermis of living organisms, so things that are wrapped like skin around objects can also be called skins, such as book covers and furoshiki. Skin is the most superficial tissue of an organism, and is extended to the surface of other objects, such as wall skin and water skin. If it only stays on the surface without going deep, it is called "surface" or "fur".

The skin is thin, and some flaky things can also be called skin, such as tinplate and pink leather. Skin is tough, and some tough things can also be called skin, such as skin sugar.

Crispy things that become tough after getting wet are also called skins, such as "These shrimp crackers have skins on them." The body is strong and not easy to get sick. It is also a kind of resilience, as in "This child is the toughest." Feeling "it doesn't matter" due to being reprimanded or punished too many times is a sign of resilience developing in a vicious direction, such as "This child is being naughty."