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払

pay
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingフツ、ヒツ、ホツ
Kun readingはら.う、-はら.い、-ばら.い
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. payRtK
  2. clear out
  3. prune
  4. banish
    彼は不安を払いのけようとした。He tried to banish his anxiety.tatoeba
  5. dispose of
  1. to pay (e.g. money, bill)
  2. to brush off
  3. to wipe away
  4. to clear away
  5. to dust off

Popular Usage

払う支払支払う

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · elbow

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 798

Compound words

払うはらう
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off
支払うしはらう
to pay
払い込むはらいこむ
to deposit; to pay in
払拭ふっしょく
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
払いはらい
payment; bill; account; sweeping; clearing away
不払いふばらい
nonpayment; default
未払いみはらい
unpaid; overdue
利払いりばらい
interest payment
支払いしはらい
payment
前払いまえばらい
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
酔っ払いよっぱらい
drunkard
酔っ払うよっぱらう
to get drunk
払い戻すはらいもどす
to repay; to pay back; to refund; to reimburse
分割払いぶんかつばらい
payment by installments; payment by instalments; hire-purchase
門前払いもんぜんばらい
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; shutting the door in someone's face; refusal of admission; rejecting without consideration
払い戻しはらいもどし
repayment; refund; payback
支払い方法しはらいほうほう
payment method
お支払い方法おしはらいほうほう
payment method
払暁ふつぎょう
dawn
一時払いちじばらい
lump-sum payment
引払うひきはらう
to move out (of)
仮払いかりばらい
temporary advance (of money)
咳払いせきばらい
clearing one's throat
酔払いよっぱらい
drunkard

Kun Reading Examples

前払いでお願いしたいのですが。まえばらい
I'd like you to pay the money in advance.tatoeba
小切手はＡＢＣ社あてに支払われるように振り出してください。しはらう
Checks should be made payable to the ABC Company.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は父が農園を売り払ったのに唖然とした。
He was surprised his father had sold the farm.tatoeba
彼は彼女が言ったことに注意を払わなかった。
He paid no attention to what she said.tatoeba
彼は罰金を払うように命じられた。
He was decreed to pay the fine.tatoeba
穢れを払う様に嫌う。
Hate as if to expel impurities.wiki
- 穢れを払う＋嫌う。
- Expel impurities + Hate.wiki

Stroke Order

5 strokes

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