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What is the Kanji for "Clap" and "Beat"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Clap" and "Beat", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Clap" and "Beat" is "".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its onyomi readings are "Haku" and "Hyou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "扌" means "Hand" . And The kanji "白" means "White" and can be read as "Byaku", "Haku", "Shiro", and "Shira".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "" mean in japanese?

"" means "Clap" and "Beat".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

拍手: "Applause". The Japanese verbal noun '拍手 (はくしゅ)' means 'applause'. It refers to the act of clapping one's hands together repeatedly as a way of showing appreciation, approval or praise. This noun is commonly used to describe the sound and action of applauding, such as after a performance or speech. For example: The audience gave the performer thunderous applause - (観客は演奏者に大きな拍手を送った). Let's give the speaker a round of applause - (スピーカーに拍手をおくりましょう).

拍子: "Beat" or "Rhythm". The Japanese noun '拍子 (ひょうし)' refers to the beat or rhythm in music. It can describe the underlying metrical structure or timing of a musical piece. '拍子' is used to indicate the pattern of strong and weak beats that organizes the flow of a song or dance. For example: The singer kept perfect time with the beat - (歌手はその拍子にぴったりとあわせていた). The traditional dance has a lively rhythm - (その伝統的な踊りは生き生きとした拍子だ).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "は" is read as "ha". The hiragana "く" is read as "ku". The hiragana "ひ" is read as "hi". And The hiragana "う" is read as "u".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.