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    3. 撥

    撥

    撥は.ねる

    brush up

    NTCore ConceptsKanji15 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    は.ねるおさ.める

    On'yomi

    ハツバチ

    brush uprejectexcludeeliminatebone plectrum

    扌發

    扌
    手
    癶
    弓
    丿
    几
    殳
    又

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    扱毅拠抗撮撒投播撮撒撤播搜搦發

    Alternative forms of this concept

    扌

    Concepts using this kanji

    撥ねる

    to hit (e.g. with a car)

    目撥

    bigeye tuna (edible fish, Thunnus obesus)

    撥水

    water repellency

    撥音便

    nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i')

    撥ね付ける

    to flatly refuse

    撥面

    pick-guard (protective patch on a biwa, etc.)

    撥音

    syllabic nasal (in Japanese)

    撥油

    oil repellency

    撥ね飛ばす

    to send (something) flying

    撥弦楽器

    plucked string instrument

    撥皮

    pick-guard (protective patch on a shamisen, etc.)

    撥ね荷

    rejected goods

    ピン撥ね

    taking a cut (of someone else's money)

    撥

    plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.)

    ピンを撥ねる

    to get a rakeoff

    撥ねかす

    to splash

    撥ね釣瓶

    water bucket suspended from a weighted rod

    撥ね箸

    pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

    撥鏤

    engraving of lacquer-stained ivory (popular during the Tang dynasty)

    畢撥擬

    Javanese long pepper (Piper retrofractum)

    撥鬢

    Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back)

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 几
    • 又
    • 弓
    • 扌
    • 手
    • 殳
    • 癶

    is_used_in

    • ピン撥ね
    • 目撥
    • 撥
    • 撥ね飛ばす
    • 撥ね付ける
    • 撥音
    • 撥ねる
    • 撥ね釣瓶
    • ピンを撥ねる
    • 撥ねかす
    • 撥音便
    • 撥水
    • 撥鬢
    • 撥皮
    • 撥面
    • 撥ね箸
    • 畢撥擬
    • 撥ね荷
    • 撥鏤
    • 撥弦楽器
    • 撥油

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