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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

拭: wipe, mop

Also: swab

N1 (our estimate)9 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 式 is drawn in

9 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ショクshoku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 払拭ふっしょく

ぬぐうnuguu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 拭うぬぐうto wipe; to mop up
  • 手拭いてぬぐいtenugui

ふくfuku · kun'yomi

  • 拭くふくto wipe; to dry

Also read シキ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“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
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

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式

Also built on style (式)

Also read ショク

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read シキ

4 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shì

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

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

Pinyin shì 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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