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Kanji Detail for 払 - "to pay, to brush off"

  • Meaning

    払 means "to pay, to brush off." Also associated with to wipe.

    1. To brush off - To sweep away.

    2. To wipe - To stroke; to touch lightly.

    3. To defy - To go against; to disobey.

    4. To assist - Help; to support. Same as 弼.

    5. To pay - Payment; to hand over money.

  • Words using

    • 支払い しはらい Listen payment
    • 支払う しはらう Listen to pay
    • 利払い りばらい Listen interest payment
    • 払い はらい Listen payment; bill; account
    • 払い戻し はらいもどし Listen repayment; refund; payback
    • 前払い まえばらい Listen payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
    • 門前払い もんぜんばらい Listen turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; shutting the door in someone's face
    • 不払い ふばらい Listen nonpayment; default
  • Tattoo check:

    • Verified meaning: to pay, to brush off
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to wipe

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pay; clear out; prune; banish; dispose of

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    shake off, brush away; dust

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to take; to fetch

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    shake off, brush away; dust
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • Please bill us separately.

  • I paid only a trifle for the picture.

  • The policeman paid no attention to him.

  • I paid him 20000 yen on account.

  • Can you pay me in advance?

  • I paid in coin.

  • Everybody seems to pay attention to what he says.

  • She resolved not to pay the fine.

  • You should pay attention to his story.

  • Drive with the utmost care.

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