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撥

Simplified: 拨

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

bō ㄅㄛ

    • 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

Other words read bō

In the same tone

  • 波 bō wave
  • 剝 bō peel
  • 播 bō sow
  • 缽 bō monk's alms bowl
  • 啵 bō bubble

All 13 words read bō

bo with other tones

  • 薄 bó meager
  • 伯 bó father's elder brother
  • 泊 bó moor
  • 博 bó abundant
  • 搏 bó fight

All 47 words read bo in any tone

How 撥 is written

    部首 radical
    扌 a form of 手
    笔画 strokes
    15, with 12 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    扌發

    Easy to confuse with 撥

    Words with 撥

    Starting with 撥

    • 撥亂反正 bōluànfǎnzhèng bring order out of chaos
    • 撥款 bōkuǎn allocate funds
    • 撥打 bōdǎ call
    • 撥開 bōkāi push aside
    • 撥通 bōtōng get through to sb on the phone

    All 26 words starting with 撥

    Ending with 撥

    All 6 words ending with 撥

    Containing 撥

    All 7 words containing 撥

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