Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

813 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of

Kunyomi: はら.う -はら.い -ばら.い

Onyomi: フツ ヒツ ホツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

拭する(ふっしょくする)   wipe out

う(はらう)   pay, brush

い落とす(はらいおとす)   brush off

分割い(ぶんかつばらい)   payment by installments

酔っい(よっぱらい)   drunkard

Onyomi Examples

フツギョウ dawn, daybreak

Kunyomi Examples

はらう to pay (e.g. money, bill), to brush off, to wipe away, to clear away, to dust off, to cut off (e.g. branches), to drive away (e.g. one's competitors), to sell off (something unneeded), to dispose of, to pay (e.g. attention), to show (e.g. respect, concern), to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice), to expend, to exert, to move out (of one's own place), to vacate, to sweep (e.g. one's legs), to knock aside, to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy), to reset (an abacus)