noun

  1. payment, bill, account.
  2. sweeping, clearing away.
  3. sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
払い はらい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

pay, clear out, prune
はら.う フツ はらい (7th, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)