拨
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
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,649 U+62E8
How 拨 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To dispatch 发 goods by hand 扌
How to remember it
allocate · Heisig RSH #2697
fingers + courier
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 拨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |