The kanji 拍: meaning, readings and stroke order
拍
- Meaning
- clap, beat
- On reading
- ハク haku、ヒョウ* hyou
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 hand
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- vỗ, nhịp (phách)
- Japanese
- てを うつ。ひょうし。
- Korean
- 치다, 박자 (박)
- Chinese
- 拍、节拍
Readings, words and example sentences
ハク haku · on reading
拍手
clapping, applause
大きな 拍手が おこりました。
There was loud applause.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.