匕

dagger / ladle / ancient type of spoon

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]

dagger

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) / fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent

see 圖窮匕見|图穷匕见[tu2 qiong2 bi3 xian4]