排
排 — Repudiate
repudiate, exclude, expel, reject, line up, arrange
On’yomiハイ (hai)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (11 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 排
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 排出 | はいしゅつ haishutsu | discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2) |
| 排除 | はいじょ haijo | exclusion; removal; elimination |
| 排水 | はいすい haisui | drainage; draining; pumping out (water) |
| 排気 | はいき haiki | exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine); expulsion (of air) |
| 排気ガス | はいきガス haikigasu | exhaust fumes |
| 排斥 | はいせき haiseki | rejection; expulsion; boycott |
Study notes
排 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1047 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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