Chinese Character 拆 Meanings and components.

Form

拆

Meaning

拆 meaning[3] in English

To Tear Open.

To Tear Down.

To Tear Apart.

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Main Components

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

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 QHMY

How to write 拆

To write拆chai1to tear … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 斥chi4to blame arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 斥 = 拆

拆 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

拆
Pinyin:chai1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Tear Open . To Tear Down . To Tear Apart . To Open
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
斥
Pinyin:chi4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Blame . To Reprove . To Reprimand . To Expel . To Oust . To Reconnoiter . (Of Territory) To Expand . Saline Marsh
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

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

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

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