# 拂

| 拂 | U+62C2, &#25282; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62C2 |
| ← 拁 [U+62C1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 拃 → [U+62C3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

拂 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手中中弓 (QLLN), four-corner 5502$_7$, composition ⿰扌弗)

#### Derived characters

* 𦲫, 𫂅

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11936
* Dae Jaweon: page 772, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1859, character 4
* Unihan data for U+62C2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 鄪 | *prɯds |
| 費 | *prɯds, *pʰɯds, *bɯds |
| 砩 | *pads |
| 沸 | *pɯds |
| 疿 | *pɯds |
| 茀 | *pɯds, *pʰɯd |
| 髴 | *pʰɯds, *pɯd, *pʰɯd |
| 昲 | *pʰɯds |
| 靅 | *pʰɯds |
| 狒 | *buds |
| 怫 | *bɯds, *bɯd |
| 胇 | *brɯd |
| 艴 | *bɯːd, *pʰɯd |
| 弗 | *pɯd |
| 紼 | *pɯd |
| 柫 | *pɯd |
| 笰 | *pɯd |
| 拂 | *pʰɯd |
| 刜 | *pʰɯd, *bɯd |
| 彿 | *pʰɯd |
| 佛 | *bɯd |
| 坲 | *bɯd |
| 咈 | *bɯd |
| 炥 | *bɯd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰɯd): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 弗 (OC *pɯd).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fú (fu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fat$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fin
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hut
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fú
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fú
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fat$^1$
*** Yale: fāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fin
*** Hakka Romanization System: fin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fin⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hut
*** Tâi-lô: hut
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hud
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hut̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hut̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: phjut
Rime :
| Character | 拂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 物 (60) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 敷勿切 |
| Baxter | phjut |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰɨut̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰiut̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰiuət̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰut̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiuət̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭuət̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰi̯uət̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fat$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰ[u]t/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 拂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phjut › |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰ[u]t/ |
| English | to brush, shake |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 拂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3318 |
| Phonetic component | 弗 |
| Rime group | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 拂 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰɯd/ |

#### Definitions

拂
* to stroke; to touch lightly
* to flick; to whisk; to brush off
* to sweep
* duster
* (literary) to go against; to run counter to; to defy

#### Compounds

* 吹拂 (chuīfú)
* 拂塵 / 拂尘 (fúchén)
* 拂曉 / 拂晓 (fúxiǎo)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 拂 – see 弼 (“to aid; to assist; to help; assistant; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 弼).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 払 |
| Kyūjitai | 拂 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 払)
* to pay
* to clear out

#### Readings

* Go-on: びち (bichi)、ほち (hochi)
* Kan-on: ひつ (hitsu)、ふつ (futsu)
* Kan’yō-on: ほつ (hotsu)
* Kun: はらう (harau, 拂う)

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 拂 (MC phjut).

#### Hanja

拂 (eumhun 떨칠 불 (tteolchil bul))
* hanja form of 불 (“shake off, brush away, dust”)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 弼 (MC bit).

#### Hanja

拂 (eumhun 도울 필 (doul pil))
* hanja form of 필 (“help, aid, assist”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

拂: Hán Nôm readings: phất, phắt, phớt, phứt, phựt
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