Chinese Character 撥 Meanings and components.

Form

撥

Meaning

撥 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 撥 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and to send out (發)

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 QNOE

How to write 撥

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

扌 + 發 = 撥

撥 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

撥
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
發
Pinyin:fa1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Send Out . To Show (One'S Feeling) . To Issue . To Develop . To Make A Bundle Of Money . Classifier For Gunshots (Rounds)
癶
Pinyin:bo1
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 105, Known As 登字頭|登字头[Deng1 Zi4 Tou2]
弓
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

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

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

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