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拭

Wipe
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingショク
Kun readingふ.く

Verbs with «拭»

拭く拭き取る拭う
  1. to wipe
  2. to mop up
  3. to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.)
  4. to dispel (e.g. shame)
  5. to erase

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · style · arrow (矢) · craft (工)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 695

Compound words

親は病気の子供の顔をスポンジで拭ってやった。
The mother sponged her sick child's face.tatoeba
もう君の尻拭いはごめんだ。
I'm fed up with always backing you up.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

せめてさっと拭いてから渡しとくれよ。
せめてさっとふいてからわたしとくれよ。At least wipe it quickly before handing it over.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Wipe. 扌 (hand) + 式 — a hand moving a cloth.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 拭

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step