Chinese Character 拨 Meanings and components.

Form

拨

Meaning

拨 meaning[3] in English

To Push Aside With The Hand, Foot, A Stick Etc.

To Dial.

To Allocate.

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Main Components

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

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 QIVE

How to write 拨

To write拨bo1to push … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 发fa1to send … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 发 = 拨

拨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

拨
Pinyin:bo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Push Aside With The Hand, Foot, A Stick Etc . To Dial . To Allocate . To Set Aside (Money) . To Poke (The Fire) . To Pluck (A String Instrument) . To Turn Round . Classifier: Group, Batch
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
发
Pinyin:fa1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Send Out . To Show (One'S Feeling) . To Issue . To Develop . To Make A Bundle Of Money . Classifier For Gunshots (Rounds)

Notes

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

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

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