拨(bō)

HSK 68 strokesTrad. 撥

to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc

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Character information

Pinyin
bō
Meaning
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
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
撥

Origin & structure

Where 拨 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰扌发

To dispatch 发 goods by hand 扌

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

扌shǒu发fā

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 撥: To dispatch 發 goods by hand 扌

How to write 拨 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 拨

Common words using 拨 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

bō拨dǎ打
HSK 6

to call

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bō拨kuǎn款
HSK 7-9

to allocate funds

Open 拨款 page →
bō拨tōng通
HSK 7-9

to get through to sb on the phone

Open 拨通 page →
huà划bō拨

to assign; to allocate; to transfer (money to an account)

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tán弹bō拨

to pluck (a string)

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tiǎo挑bō拨

to incite disharmony; to instigate

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tǔ土bō拨shǔ鼠

(zoology) marmot (in the US, esp. groundhog or woodchuck)

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tiǎo挑bō拨lí离jiàn间

to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between

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丧串乌乳予井亡仓

From 拨’s common words

打款通划弹挑土鼠

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