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拍 means 'clap'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 1597   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-26    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 17 words   Used in 41 words   Used in 15 names   Not used as a component
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   ハク   ヒョウ
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⿰  扌 (手) hand  白 white  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 拍 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 拍 is used 37 times, read 2 ways (with 3 variations).
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ハク : 14 words FIND ALL
は く し ゅ 1
clapping hands; applause  (see also: 拍手)
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ヒョウ (read as びょう) : 13 words FIND ALL
て び ょ う し 2
1. beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat
noun
2. making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
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ヒョウ : 5 words FIND ALL
ひ ょ う し 3
noun
1. (musical) time; tempo; beat; rhythm
2. the moment; the instance; chance  (esp. 〜した拍子に)
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ハク (read as ぱく) : 4 words FIND ALL
noun
one's heart rate; pulse rate
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ヒョウ (read as ぴょう) : 1 word FIND ALL
と っ ぴ ょ う し も な い 0
expression, 'i' adjective
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
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An additional 4 less common words include 拍 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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拍
ハク   ヒョウ    clap   
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扌
hand
白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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