Word Meaning 拍手

はくしゅ hakushu

拍手 is read as はくしゅ (hakushu) and means clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine).

Meaning

English

  1. clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
  2. clapping hands
  3. applause

Reading

Kana

はくしゅ

Romaji

hakushu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 3757 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

拍手を打つ

かしわでをうつ

to clap one's hands in prayer

拍手を送る

はくしゅをおくる

to give a round of applause

拍手喝采

はくしゅかっさい

clapping and cheering

web拍手

うぇぶはくしゅ

system for showing appreciation to the author of a web-site

万雷の拍手

ばんらいのはくしゅ

thunderous applause

手拍子

てびょうし

beating time with one's hands

二礼二拍手一礼

にれいにはくしゅいちれい

two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)

拍子

ひょうし

the moment

拍車

はくしゃ

(riding) spur

拍子抜け

ひょうしぬけ

anticlimax

派手

はで

showy

握手

あくしゅ

handshake

Example Sentences

10

かいじょうはおおきなはくしゅにつつまれた。

The hall was filled with loud applause.

かんきゃくははくしゅでかれをむかえた。

The audience welcomed him with applause.

I clapped my hands.

Tom clapped.

Please clap.

Applause broke out.

What is everyone clapping about?

All the students clapped their hands.

The crowd gave the winner a big hand.

The curtain fell amid the wild applause of the audience.