Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
wipe, mop, swab
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2421 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 拭浄 【ショクジョウ】 wiping and purifying, wiping and cleansing
  • 払拭 【フッショク】 wiping out, sweeping away, eradicating, dispelling
  • 清拭 【セイシキ】 bed bath, sponge bath, blanket bath, toilet
  • 払拭 【フッショク】 wiping out, sweeping away, eradicating, dispelling
  • 清拭 【セイシキ】 bed bath, sponge bath, blanket bath, toilet

Kun reading compounds

  • 拭う 【ぬぐう】 to wipe, to mop up, to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.), to dispel (e.g. shame), to erase, to remove
  • 拭く 【ふく】 to wipe, to dry

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
sig

Spanish

  • barrer
  • fregar
  • limpiar

Portuguese

French

1897 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1072 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
453 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
338 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
11989 Morohashi
2144 New Nelson (John Haig)
2254 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
695 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3c6.17 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
5304.0 Four corner code
1-31-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62ed Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
linen, cloth, spread, distribute
Kun:
ぬのし.くきれ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
877 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 布 【ヌノ】 cloth, fabric, material, textile, bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
  • 布教 【フキョウ】 propagation (e.g. a religion), proselytizing, missionary work
  • 麻布 【アサヌノ】 hemp cloth, linen
  • 公布 【コウフ】 official proclamation, announcement, promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
  • 布衣 【ホイ】 linen kariginu, plain kariginu (Edo period), commoner
  • 布衣始 【ホウイハジメ】 ceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (i.e. a kariginu and eboshi) for the first time

Kun reading compounds

  • 布 【ぬの】 cloth, fabric, material, textile, bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
  • 布地 【ぬのじ】 fabric, cloth, material
  • 麻布 【あさぬの】 hemp cloth, linen
  • 磨き布 【みがきぬの】 polishing cloth
  • 敷く 【しく】 to spread out, to lay out, to cover, to lay (e.g. railway tracks), to sit on, to take a position, to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
  • 切れ地 【きれじ】 fabric, cloth, material, traditionally patterned textiles, fabric scraps
  • ボロ布 【ぼろきれ】 old cloth, rag

Readings

Japanese names:
う、 の、 ほ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu4
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • paño
  • tela
  • difusión

Portuguese

  • Linho
  • pano

French

  • linge
706 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
799 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
778 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
749 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1468 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
737 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
494 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
170 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
675 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
688 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
887 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
557 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3691 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1886 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2566 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
412 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8778 Morohashi
2973 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1548 New Nelson (John Haig)
405 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
433 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
653 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1444 2001 Kanji
3f2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
4022.7 Four corner code
1-41-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e03 Unicode hex code