拓

2 readings · tap one to hear it

to expand; to push sth with the hand; to develop; to open up

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 石 sound ( shí )

Components 扌石

pioneer · Heisig RSH #1834

fingers + rocks

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
开拓性	kāi tuò xìng	pioneering; groundbreaking
开拓者	kāi tuò zhě	pioneer
拓展视野	tuò zhǎn shì yě	to broaden one's horizons
代数拓扑	dài shù tuò pū	(math.) algebraic topology
拓扑空间	tuò pū kōng jiān	(math.) topological space
几何拓扑学	jǐ hé tuò pū xué	(math.) geometric topology
力拓	Lì Tuò	Rio Tinto (UK-Australian mining corporation)
开拓	kāi tuò	to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions…
拓本	tà běn	rubbing of inscription
必和必拓	Bì huó Bì tuò	BHP Billiton (Anglo-Australian mining corporation)
拓荒者	tuò huāng zhě	pioneer; groundbreaker
落拓	luò tuò	down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional
开疆拓土	kāi jiāng tuò tǔ	(idiom) to expand one's territory; to conquer new lands; (fig.) to expand one's business i…
拓片	tà piàn	rubbings from a tablet
拓扑学	tuò pū xué	(math.) topology
拓印	tà yìn	stone rubbing (to copy an inscription)
拓扑结构	tuò pū jié gòu	topological structure
几何拓扑	jǐ hé tuò pū	(math.) geometric topology
落拓不羁	luò tuò bù jī	(idiom) unconventional; uninhibited; free-spirited
拓展训练	tuò zhǎn xùn liàn	outdoor education program

Characters sharing the sound component 石 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
石 sound part	shí	stone, rock, mineral
柘	zhè	cudrania, mulberry; sugarcane
斫	zhuó	to chop, to cut, to lop off
跖	zhí	the sole of the foot