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拨

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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

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HSK 3.0
Level 6
Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
8
Radical
手 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
撥
Common rank
#1,649
Unicode
U+62E8

Formation & memory

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How 拨 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

To dispatch 发 goods by hand 扌

Components 扌 发

How to remember it

allocate · Heisig RSH #2697

fingers + courier

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 拨

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

WordPinyinMeaning
一拨儿 yī bō r group of people
拨云见日 bō yún jiàn rì lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
弹拨乐器 tán bō yuè qì plucked string instrument; CL:件[jian4]
拨号连接 bō hào lián jiē dial-up connection; dial-up networking
拨乱反正 bō luàn fǎn zhèng bring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder
拨号音 bō hào yīn dial tone
弹拨乐 tán bō yuè plucked string music
拨号盘 bō hào pán telephone dial
拨弦乐器 bō xián yuè qì plucked string or stringed instrument; plucked instrument
拨子 bō zi plectrum
拨动 bō dòng to stir; to prod; to poke; to move sideways; to strum (on a guitar etc)
拨出 bō chū to pull out; to allocate (funds); to dial
拨开 bō kāi to push aside; to part; to brush away
拨打 bō dǎ to call; to dial
拨通 bō tōng to get through to sb on the phone
拨空 bō kòng to make time
点拨 diǎn bō to give instructions; to give advice
挑灯拨火 tiǎo dēng bō huǒ to sow discord; to provoke
拨用 bō yòng appropriation
挑拨离间 tiǎo bō lí jiàn to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between