The kanji 払払 primarily conveys the meaning of "to pay," "to brush," "to wipe," or "to get rid of." It suggests the action of removing something, whether it be a physical object, a debt, or a feeling. It also encompasses the action of making something disappear or moving something away.

・On-yomi (音読み): ・ *Hatsu* (ハツ) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ・ *harau* (はらう) - to pay; to brush; to wipe; to get rid of

⚫︎料金を払う Translation: To pay the fee. ⚫︎埃を払う Translation: To brush off the dust. ⚫︎未払いの請求書 Translation: Unpaid invoice.

The kanji 払払 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). It combines the phonetic component 弗 (fu, meaning "not") with the radical 扌, the "hand" radical (tehen), which indicates the meaning of action involving the hand. The original meaning of 弗 is "to brush off", so 払払 combines the idea of "not" with the hand action, to show the meaning of removing or to get rid of something.