拭

9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

wipe, mop, swab

Kun'yomi
  • ぬぐう
    		to wipe ②to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.)
  • ふく
    		to wipe
On'yomi
  • ショク
  • シキ

Main Radical

手(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ふく 67.0%
ぬぐう 29.6%
ショク 3.4%

Character Breakdown

wipe, mop, swab
ふ.く　ぬぐ.う　ショク (11th)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
style, ceremony, rite
シキ　のり (3rd, N3)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク　いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ　ク　もく (2nd, N4)

Common Words

ふ
拭
　
く
to wipe
ぬぐ
拭
　
う
to wipe ②to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.)
ふ
拭
　
き
と
取
　
る
to wipe off
しり
尻
ぬぐ
拭
　
い
cleaning up someone else's mess ②ass-wiping
まど
窓
ふ
拭
　
き
window cleaning
て
手
ふ
拭
　
き
(hand) towel
ふ
拭
　
き
そう
掃
じ
除
cleaning
ぬぐ
拭
　
い
さ
去
　
る
to rub out
あせ
汗
ふ
拭
　
き
cloth to wipe the sweat off
みず
水
ぶ
拭
　
き
wiping with a damp cloth
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References

Unicode hex code 62ED
JIS X 0208 1-31-1
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1897
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2144
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 453
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 338
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2254
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 695
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 11989
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1072
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c6.17
Four corner code 5304.0