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Kanji 排: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 排: repudiate, exclude, expel, reject, line up, arrange

Key takeaways

Kanji 排: repudiate, exclude, expel, reject, line up, arrange. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

repudiateexcludeexpelrejectline uparrange

On reading

ハイ

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 排

repudiate, exclude, expel, reject, line up, arrange

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

扌 + 非

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine using your hand (扌) to push away things that are wrong (非), which means to exclude or reject. It also represents the action of pushing things into a neat order to arrange or line them up.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

ハイ
  • 排除はいじょ

    exclusion / removal / rejection

  • 排水はいすい

    drainage / wastewater flow

Commonly used words

  • 排除
    はいじょ

    exclusion / removal / rejection

  • 排水
    はいすい

    drainage / wastewater flow

Example sentences

Example 1

彼は会議から除された。

Translation

He was excluded from the meeting.

Example 2

不要なデータを除してください。

Translation

Please remove unnecessary data.

Example 3

水口が詰まっています。

Translation

The drainage outlet is clogged.

Example 4

雨の水が遅いです。

Translation

The rainwater drainage is slow.

Kanji 排: repudiate, exclude, expel, reject, line up, arrange | Daily Nihongo