Hanja Analyzer
撥

撥 — bal

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
다스릴 발
Romanization
bal
English
move; dispel; distribute; plectrum, play stringed instrument
Mandarin
bō
Japanese on'yomi
ハツ, バチ, バツ, ハチ, ボチ
Japanese kun'yomi
は.ねる おさ.める
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
手 (64, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
發
Unicode
U+64A5

Parts that make up 撥

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 發 필 발sound 활을 쏘는 모양과 두 발쏘아 나가는 일. ‘발’ 계열의 소리

How 撥 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 撥 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 發.

Korean example words with 撥

  • 발수撥水 Korean gloss: 물의 흡수를 막음
  • 발마撥馬 Korean gloss: 발군(撥軍)이 타던 역마(驛馬)
  • 파발擺撥 Korean gloss: 조선 후기에, 공문을 가지고 역참 사이를 오가던 사람. 각 역참에 다섯 명씩 있었다
  • 발수력撥水力 Korean gloss: 물의 흡수를 막는 능력
  • 초발수超撥水 Korean gloss: 물의 흡수를 매우 잘 막음
  • 발수제撥水劑 Korean gloss: 물의 흡수를 막기 위해 쓰는 물질
  • 발수성撥水性 Korean gloss: 직물 따위의 표면에 물이 잘 스며들지 않는 성질
  • 반발감反撥感 Korean gloss: 어떤 상태나 행동 따위에 대하여 거스르고 반항하는 마음
  • 반발자反撥者 Korean gloss: 어떤 상태나 행동 따위에 대하여 거스르고 반항하는 사람
  • 반발심反撥心 Korean gloss: 어떤 상태나 행동 따위에 대하여 거스르고 반항하려는 마음
  • 반발反撥 Korean gloss: 두 물체가 서로 밀어냄.
  • 발장撥長 Korean gloss: 발군(撥軍)의 우두머리.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 撥

  • 撥ねるはねる to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject
  • 撥ばち plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko)
  • 目撥メバチ bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)
  • 撥音はつおん syllabic nasal (in Japanese)
  • 撥水はっすい water repellency
  • 撥鬢ばちびん Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back)
  • 撥皮ばちかわ pick-guard (protective patch on a shamisen, etc.)
  • 撥面ばちめん pick-guard (protective patch on a biwa, etc.)
  • 撥鏤ばちる engraving of lacquer-stained ivory (popular during the Tang dynasty)
  • 撥油はつゆ oil repellency
  • 撥音便はつおんびん nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i')
  • 撥ね箸はねばし pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

Characters sharing the phonetic 發

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “발”

Other hanja with radical 手

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