Kanji N3

払: pay, clear out, prune

払 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning pay, clear out, prune, written with 5 strokes. It is read フツ, ヒツ, ホツ (on) and はらう (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 支払う (しはらう, to pay) and 払う (はらう, to pay).

払

Meanings

  • pay
  • clear out
  • prune
  • banish
  • dispose of
Strokes5
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#813 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • フツ
  • ヒツ
  • ホツ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • はらう
  • -はらい
  • -ばらい

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 払

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 支払うしはらう

    to pay

    JLPT N3
  • 払うはらう

    to pay (e.g. money, bill)

    JLPT N4
  • 支払しはらい

    payment

    JLPT N3
  • 払い込むはらいこむ

    to deposit; to pay in

    JLPT N2
  • 酔っ払いよっぱらい

    drunk person; (a) drunk

    JLPT N2
  • 払い戻すはらいもどす

    to repay; to pay back; to refund; to reimburse

    JLPT N2
  • 未払いみはらい

    unpaid; overdue

  • 払いはらい

    payment; bill; account

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