払

See also 拂

Translingual

shinjitai	払
simplified
traditional	拂

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 拂 (弗 → 厶).

Han character

払 (radical 64 手+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 手戈 (QI), XX手戈 (XXQI), composition ⿰扌厶)

1. to shake off, to brush away
2. dust

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 417, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11784
• Dae Jaweon: page 764, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1828, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6255

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Japanese

Kanji

払 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ふつ (futsu), ほつ (hotsu)
• Kun: はらう (harau), はらい (harai)

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Korean

Hanja

払 (hangeul 불, 필, revised bul, pil, McCune-Reischauer pul, p'il, Yale pul, phil)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

払 (pinyin fú (fu2), gāng (gang1), Wade-Giles fu², kang¹)