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拭 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ショク・シキしょく・しき · shoku · shiki
Kun
ぬぐ.う・ふ.くnugu.u · fu.ku
Meaning
wipe

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand plus a phonetic element: to rub dirt away with the hand — to wipe.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショクしょくshoku払拭ふっしょく
Kunふくfuku拭くふく
Kunぬぐうnugū拭うぬぐう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 払拭ふっしょく

    sweeping away; dispelling

  • 拭き掃除ふきそうじ

    cleaning by wiping

More words with this kanji

  • 拭うぬぐう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

汗(あせ)を拭(ふ)いてから席(せき)に着(つ)いた。

I wiped off my sweat and then took my seat.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

払拭拭き掃除拭き掃除拭払pay掃sweep除to rem…拉pull…拶press…挫crush捗make…挨draw…色color式ceremo…昃the su…昵intima…食to eat
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Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading ショクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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