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拭

Level XII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1502 / 2,608

Wipe

On’yomi
しょく
Kun’yomi
ふ、ぬぐ
Radical
手 Hand (Kangxi 64)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 随 (All), less common than 漂 (Drift).

Fingers on the left perform a ceremony on the right -- the ceremonial gesture of using fingers to wipe a sacred surface clean.

In words

拭く ふく to wipe,to dryN2
手拭い てぬぐい (hand) towelN2

拭 is rank 1502 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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