拨

bo̅ = b + o1

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

拨 = 发 + 扌 : Beelzebub (b) wants to leave observatory (o1), but outside he finds that a long hair (发) is blocking his way. He tries to push it aside (拨) with a toy claw (扌), but to no avail. Finally he has no other choice but to dial (拨) a barber to get rid of the hair.

拨 character breakdown

拨
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 发
  - 又
    - ㇏
    - ㇇
  - 山
    - 丨
    - 凵

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

发

發

fa̅ = f + a1

to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

发

髮

fà = f + a4

hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]

发 = 山 + 又 : Frankenstein wants to eat lunch in the ashram's bathroom, but wearing boxing gloves, he's unable to unwind that one long, red hair from his forks.

Characters with 拨 as component

拨 is not used as a component in another character.

拨

拨 character breakdown

Characters with 拨 as component

Words with 拨

Sentences with 拨