撥 — kanji meaning “brush up”
撥
brush up, reject, exclude, eliminate, bone plectrum
- Meanings
- brush up, reject, exclude, eliminate, bone plectrum
- On'yomi
- ハツ (hatsu)、バチ (bachi)
- Kun'yomi
- は.ねる、おさ.める
- Strokes
- 15
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- bō — Chinese character page
Words with 撥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撥ねる | はねる haneru | to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down |
| 撥音 | はつおん hatsuon | syllabic nasal (in Japanese) |
| 撥音 | ばちおと bachioto | sound made by a plectrum |
| 撥音便 | はつおんびん hatsuonbin | nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i') |
| ピン撥ね | ピンはね pinhane | taking a cut (of someone else's money); taking a rake-off; pocketing a kickback |
| 目撥 | めばち mebachi | bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) |
| 撥ね釣瓶 | はねつるべ hanetsurube | water bucket suspended from a weighted rod |
| 撥ねかす | はねかす hanekasu | to splash; to splatter |
| 撥水 | はっすい hassui | water repellency |
| 撥鬢 | ばちびん bachibin | Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back) |
| 撥皮 | ばちかわ bachikawa | pick-guard (protective patch on a shamisen, etc.) |
| 撥面 | ばちめん bachimen | pick-guard (protective patch on a biwa, etc.) |
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