拍
拍 — Clap
clap, beat (music)
On’yomiハク (haku)
On’yomiヒョウ (hyou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (8 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 拍
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拍手 | はくしゅ hakushu | clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine) |
| 拍車 | はくしゃ hakusha | (riding) spur; spurring on; acceleration |
| 拍子 | ひょうし hyoushi | time; meter; metre |
| 脈拍 | みゃくはく myakuhaku | pulse; pulse rate; pulsation |
| 心拍数 | しんぱくすう shinpakusuu | heart rate; pulse rate |
| 手拍子 | てびょうし tebyoushi | beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.) |
Study notes
拍 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1373 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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