払
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Meaning: to take
💡 Imagine a hand (扌) reaching out to take (払) something, with the slash (丿) as the object.
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Character Story & Explanation
払 (fǎn) is a rare Chinese character meaning 'to take'. It combines the hand radical 扌 (hand) with 丿 (a stroke suggesting movement), literally 'to take with the hand'. This character is not commonly used in modern Chinese but appears in historical texts.
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