拨(bō): to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc

HSK 58 strokesTrad. 撥

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

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Character informationHSK 5

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 5
Traditional: 撥

Origin & structureWhere 拨 comes from

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
"hand" radical in Chinese characters…
Also in 我打找把才提
发fā
to send out
Also in 泼废

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 撥: To dispatch 發 goods by hand 扌

Words with 拨most common first

bō拨dǎ打

HSK 5

to call

tiǎo挑bō拨

HSK 7-9

to incite disharmony; to instigate

bō拨kuǎn款

HSK 7-9

v. / n.

to allocate funds

huà划bō拨

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

tán弹bō拨

to pluck (a string)

bō拨fù付

to disburse (money)

bō拨dòng动

to stir

bō拨nòng弄

to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc)

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