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払 = 厶 + 扌
払 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pay”. It is built from 厶 (elbow) and 扌 (finger). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 798.
- Keyword
- pay
- RTK frame
- 798
- Strokes
- 5
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- フツ, ヒツ, ホツ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- はら.う, -はら.い, -ばら.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- платить
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 払 shake off
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 払 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “elbow” + “finger”. 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.