払 = 扌 + 厶

払 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “shake off”. It is built from 扌 (hand) and 厶 (private).

Keyword: shake off
Pinyin (Mandarin): fǎn
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: shake off, brush away, отмахнуться, brush away
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 払 pay

Decomposition

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扌 hand
厶 private

How to find 払 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hand” + “private”. 払 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 払 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.