攴 Radical 66 — to tap, to rap, to strike lightly with a stick
pū (first tone, high and level)
to tap, to rap, to strike lightly with a stick
Radical 664 strokes2 characters
Also written 攵 — the same radical in a different position inside the character.
Where the shape comes from
A hand 又 gripping a stick: the small blow that makes something happen. On the right of a character it is always written 攵, and it marks acts of setting in motion, correcting and compelling: 放, 收, 改, 教, 数, 政.