Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb

    to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away

Also written なぎ払う【なぎはらう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mow down (the enemy)

Kun
な.ぐなぎか.る
On
テイ
Strokes
16
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
grass

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
2-3-13, 2-4-13SKIP code
3k13.8The Kanji Dictionary
4441.4Four corner code
8599Unicode hex code
1-38-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4072Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5221New Nelson (John Haig)
3010Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2099Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2353Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2441Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
32121XMorohashi
ti4Pinyin reading
chiKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of

Kun
はら.う-はら.い-ばら.い
On
フツヒツホツ
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
813 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 35

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Used in names as

はらい

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-2SKIP code
3c2.2The Kanji Dictionary
5203.0Four corner code
1371deroo
6255Unicode hex code
1-42-07JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1828Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2062New Nelson (John Haig)
194New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
225Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
171Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
738Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
798Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
664A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
904Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11784Morohashi
1766A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
582Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
591Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
555Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1048Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
189Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.9busy_people
855Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
746Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu2, bi4Pinyin reading
bul, pilKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level