Chinese symbol for “flick”
拂
fú
to flick; to brush off; (of a breeze) to brush lightly over; (literary) to run counter to
The closest CC-CEDICT match for flick is 拂 (fú), defined as: to flick; to brush off; (of a breeze) to brush lightly over; (literary) to run counter to.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “flick”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弹 (彈) | tán | to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拂晓 (拂曉) | fú xiǎo | daybreak; approach of dawn |
| 吹拂 | chuī fú | to brush; to caress (of breeze) |
| 飘拂 (飄拂) | piāo fú | to drift lightly |
| 拂袖而去 | fú xiù ér qù | to storm off in a huff (idiom) |
| 拂尘 (拂塵) | fú chén | horsetail whisk; duster |
| 照拂 | zhào fú | to look after; to care for |
See also: Japanese symbol for “flick”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.