Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

拍: clap, beat (music)

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 白 gives the sound

8 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ハクhaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 拍手はくしゅclapping hands; applause
  • 拍車はくしゃ(riding) spur
  • 脈拍みゃくはくpulse; pulse rate; pulsation
  • 心拍しんぱくheartbeat
  • 心拍数しんぱくすうheart rate; pulse rate

ヒョウhyou · on'yomi

  • 拍子ひょうしtime; meter; metre

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

All 88
白

Also built on white (白)

All 14

拍 takes the 白 family's reading, ハク (haku).

Also read ハク

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ヒョウ

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
拍 clap · 白
vs押 push · 甲
拍 has 白 where 押 has 甲.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · pāi

Same form: 拍 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
拍 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
拍 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin pāi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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