Phono-semantic compound:
手 (hand radical) – semantic, indicating an action with the hand.
弗 (not) – phonetic element.
Originally depicted brushing or sweeping away with the hand, later extended to mean rejecting, contradicting, or paying off.

Semantic range:
- to brush off dust, shake loose;
- to reject, contradict, oppose (拂逆);
- to pay (archaic usage, 支拂);
- to wave, repel, ward off.

拂去 (불거) - to brush away, remove
拂拭 (불식) - to wipe clean
拂逆 (불역) - to go against, oppose
支拂 (지불) - to pay, disburse

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I, me, first-person pronoun

halberd, lance, long spear

battle, fight, war, to fight, to wage war, to tremble

place, location, that which, what (nominalizer)

to criticize, to comment, to strike, to slap, to approve, to endorse

to receive, to bear, to undertake, to inherit, to continue, to succeed, to support, to carry

skill, ability, technique, craft, art, workmanship

to throw, to fling, to pitch

to brush off, to shake off, to dust, to wave away, repel

to expand, to open up, to broaden, to print, to make a rubbing, to engrave, to carve

to pull out, to extract, to uproot, to remove, to withdraw, to surpass, to excel

to seize, to detain, to arrest, to restrict, to restrain, to be bound by

to bow, to pay respects, to worship, to salute, to pray, to visit

to wipe, to clean, to wash away

to hold, to grasp, to carry, to maintain, to sustain, to persist

to point, to indicate, finger

to raise, to provoke, to stir up, to lift, to poke, to incite

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