JLPT N1 · 8 strokes
Kanji 拍: "clap, beat (music)"
The kanji 拍 means "clap, beat (music)". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ハク, ヒョウ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハクヒョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | clap, beat (music) |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1373 of 2,501 |
Common words with 拍
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 拍手clapping hands; applause · clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
- 拍子time; meter; metre; rhythm · beat
- 拍子抜けanticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
- 一拍one clap · one beat
- 突拍子もないastounding; tremendous; wild; crazy
- 心拍数heart rate; pulse rate
- 拍車をかけるto spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
- 拍手を送るto give a round of applause; to applaud
- 何かの拍子for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
- 脈拍pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
- 拍beat · mora
- 手拍子beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat · making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
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