15 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

brush up, reject, exclude, eliminate, bone plectrum

Kun'yomi
  • to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone) ②to reject ③to eliminate ④to flip
  • おさめる
On'yomi
  • ハツ
  • plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.) ②drumstick (for taiko)

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

バチ 48.1%
ねる 48.1%
ハツ 3.7%

Character Breakdown

brush up, reject, exclude
バチ は.ねる ハツ (Kentei 1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
departure, publish, emit
ハツ ホツ た.つ (Kentei 1)
dotted tent radical (no. 105)
ハツ (Kentei 1)
bow, bow (archery, violin)
ゆみ キュウ こ (2nd, N1)
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
シュ また ほこ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)

Common Words

to send (something) flying ②to drive (something) off
bigeye tuna (edible fish, Thunnus obesus)
water repellency
Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back)
pick-guard (protective patch on a shamisen, etc.)
pick-guard (protective patch on a biwa, etc.)
water bucket suspended from a weighted rod
pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
rejected goods ②jettisoned cargo
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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