払 — pay, clear out, prune

はらう払 pay

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes

U+6255 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #813 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #798 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

pay
clear out
prune
banish
dispose of

word

はら hara Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

払(はら) う harau to pay 支(し) 払(はら) う shiharau to pay 支(し) 払(はら) い shiharai payment 支(し) 払(はら) shiharai payment 酔(よ) っ払(はら) う yopparau to get drunk 払(はら) える haraeru to be able to pay 払(はら) い harai payment

ふっ fu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

払(ふっ) 拭(しょく) fusshoku wiping away

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

厶 private

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