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撫

stroke
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingブ、フ
Kun readingな.でる
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. stroke
    母はため息をつきながら、高校一年生にもなった息子の頭をがしがしと撫でた。Mom sighed, and tousled the hair of her first-year high school son's head.tatoeba
    高砂：千秋楽は民を撫で。Takasago: Make the people glad with Senshuraku (a dance to celebrate Thousand Autumns).wiki
  2. pat
  3. smooth down
  4. pettingRtK
  1. to stroke
  2. to caress
  3. to brush gently
  4. to pat
  5. to rub

Radicals and components

Radical手hand扌variant
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

撫でるなでる
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to pat; to rub
愛撫あいぶ
caressing
慰撫いぶ
pacification
綏撫すいぶ
lulled into peacefulness
逆撫でさかなで
rubbing (someone) the wrong way
撫ぜるなぜる
撫で下すなでおろす
to stroke down
撫で回すなでまわす
to pat (e.g. a dog)
撫で廻すなでまわす
to pat (e.g. a dog)
撫でまわすなでまわす
to pat (e.g. a dog)
撫で下ろすなでおろす
to stroke down
撫で上げるなであげる
to comb back

Additional Examples

大和国鎮撫惣督となる。
Became Yamato no kuni Chinbu-sotoku (general in charge of placating Yamato Province).wiki
高砂：千秋楽は民を撫で。
Takasago: Make the people glad with Senshuraku (a dance to celebrate Thousand Autumns).wiki

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 撫

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