Kanji 撥 Words: Meanings and Readings

撥条

ぜんまい

spring

反撥

はんぱつ

rally (e.g. in stock prices)

刎ねる

はねる

to jump up

挑撥

ちょうはつ

provocation

撥ね

はね

(a) jump

ばち音

ばちおと

sound made by a plectrum

はね上げる

はねあげる

to raise (e.g. prices)

はね退ける

はねのける

to reject

はね飛ばす

はねとばす

to drive (something) off

はね物

はねもの

rejected goods

はね返す

はねかえす

to bounce back

はね返り

はねかえり

rebounding

ピンを撥ねる

ピンをはねる

to get a rakeoff

ピン撥ね

ぴんはね

taking a cut (of someone else's money)

試験ではねられる

しけんではねられる

to get flunked in an examination

車にはねられる

くるまにはねられる

to be struck by a car

上前をはねる

うわまえをはねる

to take a commission

突っぱねる

つっぱねる

to reject

畢撥擬

ひはつもどき

Javanese long pepper (Piper retrofractum)

目撥

めばち

bigeye tuna (edible fish, Thunnus obesus)

撥

ばち

plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.)

撥ねかす

はねかす

to splash

撥ねつける

はねつける

to flatly refuse

撥ね荷

はねに

jettisoned cargo

撥ね上げ戸

はねあげど

trapdoor

撥ね釣瓶

はねつるべ

water bucket suspended from a weighted rod

撥ね箸

はねばし

pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

撥音

はつおん

syllabic nasal (in Japanese)

撥音便

はつおんびん

nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i')

撥弦楽器

はつげんがっき

plucked string instrument

撥水

はっすい

water repellency

撥皮

ばちかわ

pick-guard (protective patch on a shamisen, etc.)

撥面

ばちめん

pick-guard (protective patch on a biwa, etc.)

撥鏤

ばちる

engraving of lacquer-stained ivory (popular during the Tang dynasty)

撥鬢

ばちびん

Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back)