払
払 — Pay
pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of
On’yomiフツ (futsu)
On’yomiヒツ (hitsu)
On’yomiホツ (hotsu)
Kun’yomiはらう (harau)
Kun’yomi-はらい (harai)
Kun’yomi-ばらい (barai)
Stroke order (5 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 払
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 支払い | しはらい shiharai | payment |
| 支払う | しはらう shiharau | to pay |
| 未払い | みはらい miharai | unpaid; overdue |
| 利払い | りばらい ribarai | interest payment |
| 酔っ払い | よっぱらい yopparai | drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk |
| 酔っ払う | よっぱらう yopparau | to get drunk |
Study notes
払 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #813 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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