拂
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to flick; to brush off; (of a breeze) to brush lightly over; (literary) to run counter to
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,157 U+62C2
How 拂 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 弗 (phonetic, fú)
How to remember it
caress · Heisig RSH #2278
fingers + dollar sign
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 弗
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 弗 (fú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弗 sound component | fú | not, negative |
| 费 | fèi | expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful |
| 佛 | fú | Buddha; Buddhist |
| 氟 | fú | fluorine |
| 沸 | fèi | to boil, to bubble up, to gush |
| 怫 | fú | anxious; depressed; sorry |
| 狒 | fèi | baboon |
| 绋 | fú | thick rope; the rope around a bier |
| 砩 | fú | to build a dam with rocks |
| 茀 | fú | weeds; overgrowth |
| 艴 | fú | angry, showing emotion on one's face |
Words containing 拂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拂袖而去 | fú xiù ér qù | to storm off in a huff (idiom) |
| 拂动 | fú dòng | (of a breeze) to make (hair, leaves, clothing etc) sway gently; to ruffle |
| 拂逆 | fú nì | to go against; to do sth contrary to (sb's wishes) |
| 吹拂 | chuī fú | to brush; to caress (of breeze); to praise |
| 拂扫 | fú sǎo | whisk |
| 拂尘 | fú chén | horsetail whisk; duster |
| 飘拂 | piāo fú | to drift lightly |
| 拂晓 | fú xiǎo | daybreak; approach of dawn |
| 拂拭 | fú shì | to wipe |