WHOLE CHARACTER
排
to push away; to drain; to exclude (排水,排除); to arrange in rows; to line up (排队,排列); a row; a line (前排,后排); volleyball (排球)
排 lines things up: 排队 'queue up', 排球 'volleyball', 安排 'arrange'.
ZDIC: 形声，从扌、非声.
Character Familiesleft / right
排
to push away; to drain; to exclude (排水,排除); to arrange in rows; to line up (排队,排列); a row; a line (前排,后排); volleyball (排球)
排 lines things up: 排队 'queue up', 排球 'volleyball', 安排 'arrange'.
GF0025–2021 character list · 二级One character pageAll readings and linked senses stay together.
WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
left / right
ZDIC: 形声，从扌、非声.
MEANING: THE HAND SIDE — HANDS LINE THINGS UP (ZDIC 从扌)
扌
hand (from 手)
The left-side hand form; not a standalone page.
In 排: meaning: the hand side — hands line things up (ZDIC 从扌) Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
OLD SOUND SIDE: 非 (FĒI)
非
not; wrong (literary)
A standalone character (fēi, wrong; not); on pages that keep it as a piece, its old role (meaning side or sound side) is stated on that page.
In 排: old sound side: 非 (fēi) No clean modern match (fēi vs pái); a historical sound side.
Tone 2
- to push away; to drain; to exclude (排水,排除)
- to arrange in rows; to line up (排队,排列)
- a row; a line (前排,后排)
- volleyball (排球)
- 排队to queue up; to line up
- 排球volleyball
- 安排to arrange; to arrange for
Tone 3set compounds; dialect
- a hand-pulled freight cart (排子车)
Bound in 排子车; no learner words.
No common modern word is offered for this reading; the dictionary sense remains in Sources.
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