拍

clap, beat (music)

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ハクヒョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1373

Vocabulary

ハク

Word	Reading	Meaning
拍車	ハクシャ	(riding) spur; spurring on; acceleration; impetus
拍手	ハクシュ	clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
脈拍	ミャクハク	pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
拍数	ハクスウ	count of beats in music
拍動	ハクドウ	pulsation; pulsebeat

ヒョウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
拍子	ヒョウシ	time; meter; metre; rhythm; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant; chance
拍子記号	ヒョウシキゴウ	time signature

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
拍つ	うつ	to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress; to touch; to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to vaccinate; to type; to send; to transmit; to insert; to write in; to mark; to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare; to till (soil); to sprinkle; to throw; to cast; to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.); to pay (a deposit, etc.); to visit (on a pilgrimage); to line (a coat); to bind (a criminal); to drop (a piece); to play a move; to play a game
三拍子	さんびょうし	triple time; triple meter; triple metre; three-four time; three important requisites
手拍子	てびょうし	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
心拍	しんぱく	heartbeat
拍子抜け	ひょうしぬけ	anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)

insert, put in, graft, wear (sword)

shouldering, carry, raise, bear

overnight stay, put up at, ride at anchor

someone, person

push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of

pluck, pull, extract, excel

springtime, spring (season)

sketch, compose, write, draw, paint