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拂

拂

See also: 払

Translingual

Han character

拂 (radical 64 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手中中弓 (QLLN), four-corner 55027, composition ⿰扌弗)

  1. shake off, brush away
  2. a tool used for brushing away dust

References

  • KangXi: page 424, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11936
  • Dae Jaweon: page 772, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1859, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+62C2

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 拂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鄪 *prɯds
費 *prɯds, *pʰɯds, *bɯds
砩 *pads
沸 *pɯds
疿 *pɯds
茀 *pɯds, *pʰɯd
髴 *pʰɯds, *pɯd, *pʰɯd
昲 *pʰɯds
靅 *pʰɯds
狒 *buds
怫 *bɯds, *bɯd
胇 *brɯd
艴 *bɯːd, *pʰɯd
弗 *pɯd
紼 *pɯd
柫 *pɯd
笰 *pɯd
拂 *pʰɯd
刜 *pʰɯd, *bɯd
彿 *pʰɯd
佛 *bɯd
坲 *bɯd
咈 *bɯd
炥 *bɯd

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 拂
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 物 (60)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 敷勿切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰɨut̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰiut̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰiuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰut̚/
Li
Rong		 /pʰiuət̚/
Wang
Li		 /pʰĭuət̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰi̯uət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fu
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 拂
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fú
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ phjut ›
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰ[u]t/
English to brush, shake

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 拂
Reading # 1/1
No. 3318
Phonetic
component		 弗
Rime
group		 物
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 拂
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰɯd/

Definitions

拂

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Japanese

Kanji

拂

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

拂 • ‎(bul, pil) (hangeul 불, 필, revised bul, pil, McCune-Reischauer pul, p'il, Yale pul, phil)

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Vietnamese

Han character

拂 (phất, phắt, phớt, phứt, phựt)

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