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排

repudiate, exclude, expel, reject, line up, arrange

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

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

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  • 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

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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.