Chinese Character 扯 Meanings and components.

Form

扯

Meaning

扯 meaning[3] in English

To Pull.

To Tear.

(Of Cloth, Thread Etc) To Buy.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 扯 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and to stop (止)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QYLM

How to write 扯

To write扯che3to pull you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 止zhi3to stop arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 止 = 扯

扯 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 扯 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 扯, looks as follow:

扯
Pinyin:che3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pull . To Tear . (Of Cloth, Thread Etc) To Buy . To Chat . To Gossip . (Coll.) (Tw) Ridiculous . Hokey
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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