Chinese Character 拍 Meanings and components.

Form

拍

Meaning

拍 meaning[3] in English

To Pat.

To Clap.

To Slap.

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Main Components

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

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 QHA

How to write 拍

To write拍pai1to pat you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 白bai2surname Bai arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 白 = 拍

拍 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

拍
Pinyin:pai1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pat . To Clap . To Slap . To Swat . To Take (A Photo) . To Shoot (A Film) . Racket (Sports) . Beat (Music)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
白
Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
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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