拂

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See also: 払
拂 U+62C2, 拂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62C2
← 拁
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 拃 →

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11936
  • Dae Jaweon: page 772, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰɯd) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 弗 (OC *pɯd).

Etymology 1

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
Baxter phjut
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fat1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 拂
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fú
Middle
Chinese 		‹ phjut ›
Old
Chinese 		/*pʰt/
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. * 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

  1. to stroke; to touch lightly
  2. to flick; to whisk; to brush off
  3. to sweep
  4. duster
  5. (literary) to go against; to run counter to; to defy

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 拂 – see 弼 (“to aid; to assist; to help; assistant; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 弼).

Japanese

Shinjitai

払

Kyūjitai

拂

Kanji

拂

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 払)

  1. To pay
  2. To clear out

Readings

  • Go-on: びち (bichi)、ほち (hochi)
  • Kan-on: ひつ (hitsu)、ふつ (futsu)
  • Kan’yō-on: ほつ (hotsu)
  • Kun: はらう (harau, 拂う)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 拂 (MC phjut).

Hanja

拂 (eumhun 떨칠 불 (tteolchil bul))

  1. hanja form? of 불 (“shake off, brush away, dust”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 弼 (MC bit).

Hanja

拂 (eumhun 도울 필 (doul pil))

  1. hanja form? of 필 (“help, aid, assist”)

Vietnamese

Han character

拂: Hán Nôm readings: phất, phắt, phớt, phứt, phựt

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