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拍

JLPT N1 8 strokes Frequency: #1373

Meanings

Clap, Beat (music)

Radicals

扌

Decomposition

⿰扌白

Etymology

Pictophonetic: hand

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 dot right-to-left

5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

6 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal left-to-right

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヒョウ hyou

ハク haku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

46 words total

Other (20 words)

三拍子さんびょうし

triple time

手拍子てびょうし

beating time with one's hands

心拍しんぱく

heartbeat

二拍子にびょうし

duple time

拍手はくしゅ

clapping hands

拍数はくすう

count of beats in music

拍車をかけるはくしゃをかける

to spur (on)

拍子木ひょうしぎ

wooden clappers

拍車はくしゃ

(riding) spur

変拍子へんびょうし

irregular time

拍子ひょうし

time

脈拍みゃくはく

pulse

拍動はくどう

pulsation

四拍子よんびょうし

quadruple time

拍子抜けひょうしぬけ

anticlimax

拍子記号ひょうしきごう

time signature

拍手喝采はくしゅかっさい

clapping and cheering

足拍子あしびょうし

beating time with one's foot

突拍子もないとっぴょうしもない

astounding

口拍子くちびょうし

counting time orally

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