拍
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to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 拍
- Common rank
- #977
- Unicode
- U+62CD
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
racquet · Heisig RSH #1829
fingers + dove
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 拍
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自拍神器 | selfie stick | |
| 打拍子 | to beat time | |
| 自拍器 | camera self-timer (for delayed shutter release) | |
| 空拍机 | drone equipped for aerial photography | |
| 节拍器 | metronome | |
| 拍立得 | Polaroid (Tw) | |
| 一拍两散 | (of marriage or business partners) to break up; to separate | |
| 拍电影 | to make a movie | |
| 自拍模式 | camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release) | |
| 拍子 | beat (music); paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc); racket (sports) | |
| 拍案而起 | (idiom) to slam the table and rise to one's feet in indignation | |
| 拍马 | to urge on a horse by patting its bottom; fig. to encourage; same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter o… | |
| 自拍 | to take a picture or video of oneself; to take a selfie; a selfie | |
| 拍手 | to clap one's hands | |
| 拍电 | to send a telegram | |
| 拍发 | to send; to cable (a telegram) | |
| 法拍 | judicial auction; to sell by judicial auction | |
| 拍出 | to sell at auction; to reach a given price at auction | |
| 开拍 | to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc); to start the bidding (auction); to st… | |
| 合拍 | in time with (i.e. same rhythm); to keep in step with; fig. to cooperate |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 白 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白 sound part | white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright | |
| 百 | one hundred; numerous, many | |
| 伯 | older brother; father's elder brother; sir, sire, count | |
| 柏 | cypress, cedar | |
| 怕 | to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive | |
| 迫 | to compel, to force; pressing, urgent | |
| 泊 | to anchor; to moor | |
| 魄 | vigor, soul, body; the dark side of the moon | |
| 帛 | silk, fabric; wealth, property | |
| 舶 | large ship, ocean-going vessel | |
| 粕 | sediment, lees, dregs | |
| 铂 | platinum; thin sheet metal |