The Kanji Map

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: 扌厶

払

Radical

Radical: 手

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

手

Examples

Examples with audio

払拭する（ふっしょくする） wipe out

払う（はらう） pay, brush

払い落とす（はらいおとす） brush off

分割払い（ぶんかつばらい） payment by installments

酔っ払い（よっぱらい） drunkard

Onyomi Examples

払暁（フツギョウ） dawn, daybreak

Kunyomi Examples

払う（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)