排
repudiate, exclude, expel, reject, line up, arrange
Readings
On'yomi
- ハイ
Kun'yomi
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Nanori
- おし
Meaning
排 centers on pushing something away or out: repudiating, excluding, expelling, or rejecting. The sense of lining up or arranging comes from the idea of pushing things into order.
Most common words using 排
20 of 118- 排除はいじょN1
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
- 排出はいしゅつ
discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion
- 排水はいすいN1
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); sewerage
- 排気はいき
exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine)
- 排泄はいせつ
excretion
- 排他はいた
exclusion
- 排はい
anti-
- 排斥はいせきN1
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
- 排ガスはいガス
exhaust gas; exhaust fumes
- 排便はいべん
defecation
- 排卵はいらん
ovulation
- 排するはいする
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to reject
- 排尿はいにょう
urination; micturition
- 排外はいがい
anti-foreign
- 排球はいきゅう
volleyball
- 給排水きゅうはいすい
water supply and drainage
- 排撃はいげき
rejection; denunciation
- 排他主義はいたしゅぎN1
exclusivism; exclusionism
- 排日はいにちN1
anti-Japanese
- 排気ガスはいきガスN1
exhaust fumes
Study
Etymology
排 combines 扌 (hand) with 非, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of negation or opposition, suggesting a hand pushing something away.
Meaning mnemonic
A hand 扌 pushing away something wrong 非: imagine using your hand to reject or expel something that is not right.
Reading mnemonic
For ハイ, imagine a hand pushing away a high stack of papers: high -> ハイ, and the hand is arranging them by pushing the unwanted ones aside.