Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

排: repudiate, exclude

Also: expel, reject, line up, arrange

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 非 gives the sound

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ハイhai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 排出はいしゅつdischarge; evacuation
  • 排除はいじょexclusion; removal; elimination
  • 排水はいすいdrainage; draining; pumping out (water)
  • 排気はいきexhaust; emission (of gas from an engine)
  • 排他はいたexclusion
  • 排斥はいせきrejection; expulsion; boycott
  • 排日はいにちanti-Japanese
  • 排気ガスはいきガスexhaust fumes

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

成り立ち

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.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
排 repudiate · 扌
vs俳 haiku · 亻
排 has 扌 where 俳 has 亻.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · pái

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

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

Pinyin pái 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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