Japanese symbol for “wiping”
拭き拭き
ふきふき
Romaji: fukifuki
wiping; drying
In Japanese, wiping is 拭き拭き, read ふきふき (fukifuki).
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Meanings
- n, vs wiping; drying
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “wiping”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ワイピング | ワイピング waipingu | wiping |
| 拭き | ふき fuki | cleaning; wiping; polishing |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 払拭 | ふっしょく fusshoku | wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating |
| 拭く | ふく fuku | to wipe; to dry |
| 拭き | ふき fuki | cleaner; wiper; eraser |
| 拭う | ぬぐう nuguu | to wipe; to mop up |
| 尻拭い | しりぬぐい shirinugui | cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake |
| 拭き取る | ふきとる fukitoru | to wipe off; to wipe up |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.