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拔 (bá): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 7-9

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拔 (bá): To pull out — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 拔

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How to write 拔 — animated stroke order

2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 拔

拔 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

拔

扌shǒu · hand

拔=

4.

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5.

How to Use 拔

Elevation, Promotion, or Outstanding

The character 拔 conveys a sense of rising, being lifted, or being selected for a higher position.

挺拔 • tǐng bá • tall and straight • HSK 6

HSK 6

6.

Example Sentences

gōng公

sī司

zhèng正

zài在

xuǎn选

bá拔

yōu

Information

Pinyinbá

Meaningto pull out, to extract

Strokes8

Radical扌

Traditional拔

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#1675

Zhuyinㄅㄚˊ

UnicodeU+62D4

CangjieQHQU

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扌shǒu · hand

The hand component connects this character to a physical action.

tǐng挺

bá拔

tall and straight

提拔 • tí bá • promote • HSK 6

HSK 6

tí提

bá拔

promote

海拔 • hǎi bá • height; elevation • HSK 6

HSK 6

hǎi海

bá拔

height; elevation

Physical or Figurative Pulling

The character 拔 is used in idioms describing pulling or extracting, either literally or metaphorically.

拔苗助长 • bá miáo zhù zhǎng • pull up a seedling in the mistaken hope of helping it to grow • HSK 6

HSK 6

bá拔

miáo苗

zhù助

zhǎng长

pull up a seedling in the mistaken hope of helping it to grow

一毛不拔 • yì máo bù bá • Stingy / Tight-fisted • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

yì一

máo毛

bù不

bá

优

xiù秀

de的

guǎn管

lǐ理

rén人

cái才

。

The company is selecting excellent management talents.

yī医

shēng生

xū需

yào要

bá拔

diào掉

nà那

kē颗

huài坏

diào掉

de的

yá牙

chǐ齿

。

The doctor needs to extract that rotten tooth.

Tā她

yòng用

bá拔

niè镊

xiǎo小

xīn心

de地

bá拔

diào掉

liǎn脸

shàng上

de的

xì细

máo毛

。

She carefully plucked the fine hairs on her face with tweezers.

wǒ我

men们

bān班

zài在

yùn运

dòng动

huì会

shàng上

cān参

jiā加

le了

bá拔

hé河

bǐ比

sài赛

。

Our class participated in the tug of war competition at the sports meet.

lǎo老

shī师

tí提

bá拔

xiǎo小

míng明

dāng当

bān班

zhǎng长

。

The teacher promoted Xiaoming to be the class monitor.

拔

Stingy / Tight-fisted

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HSK (3.0) Level 7-9

Characters from the same exam level.

呛qiàngto choke or suffocate
腔qiāngcavity, hollow space within the body
翘qiàostick up; bend upwards; curl up
撬qiàoto pry, to lever open or up
且qiěmoreover; also; for the time being
拳quánfist

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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "ba".

笆bābamboo fence
犮bádog (archaic)
跋bágo by foot; epilogue, colophon
捌bābreak open, split open; an accounting version of the numeral eight
吧ba[makes a suggestion, eg. "Let's …")]
拨báto pull up

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Same Radical

Characters with radical "扌".

拚pīnrisk, disregard; go all out for
捺nàto press down heavily with the fingers
掸dǎnto dust; a duster
掇duōcollect, gather up, pick up
挞tàflog, whip; chastise
搽chásmear; rub, wipe; anoint

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