Kanji Detail for 拂 - "pay, brush, clear"

拂

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
拂 means "pay, brush, clear."
1. Pay - To give money in exchange.
2. Brush - To sweep away; to dust.
3. Oppose - To go against.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

clear out; sweep away

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

shake off, brush away; dust

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

old variant of 弼[bi4]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to shake off, to brush away; dust

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To brush away. Wanting to remove dust by sweeping past. (Lu Sidao's Rhapsody) "Trimming and polishing, increasing its value." Now, recommending someone is 拂拭, 照拂, based on this. | Sweeping past at an angle is 拂. Such as 春風拂檻. | A dusting tool is called 拂子. | To go against. Such as 不忍過拂.
Onyomi

futsu(ふつ)

hitsu(ひつ)
Kunyomi

hara.u(はらう)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
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