撥
15 strokes
Kentei exam level 1
brush up, reject, exclude, eliminate, bone plectrum
Kun'yomi
は ね る to hit (e.g. with a car) ②to reject ③to stick up (e.g. of hair) ④to pronounce as a syllabic nasal おさ める
On'yomi
ハツ バ チ plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.) ②drumstick (for taiko)
Character Breakdown
brush up, reject, exclude
バチ は.ねる ハツ (Kentei 1)
departure, publish, emit
ハツ ホツ た.つ (Kentei 1)
Common Words
Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back)
References
| Unicode hex code | 64A5 |
| JIS X 0208 | 1-57-91 |
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 2002 |
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 2283 |
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 734 |
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 907 |
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 12727 |
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 3c12.11 |
| Four corner code | 5204.7 |