拔 — Chinese character
拔
bá
to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote
- Pinyin
- bá
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 扌 犮
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 犮
- Japanese
- 拔 as a kanji
Common words with 拔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海拔 | hǎi bá | height above sea level; elevation |
| 选拔 (選拔) | xuǎn bá | to select the best |
| 提拔 | tí bá | to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion |
| 拔掉 | bá diào | to pluck; to pull off |
| 拔牙 | bá yá | to extract a tooth |
| 挺拔 | tǐng bá | tall and straight |
| 出类拔萃 (出類拔萃) | chū lèi bá cuì | to excel the common (idiom); surpassing; preeminent |
| 拔除 | bá chú | to pull out; to remove |
| 剑拔弩张 (劍拔弩張) | jiàn bá nǔ zhāng | lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn |
| 拔尖 | bá jiān | top-notch (colloquial); to push oneself to the front |
| 拔高 | bá gāo | to raise (one's voice); to overrate |
| 自拔 | zì bá | to free oneself; to extricate oneself from a difficult situation |
English words written with 拔
拔 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Art of War 3 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 54
- Art of War 3.5
- Art of War 3.6
- Art of War 11.55
- Hexagram 11
- Hexagram 12
- Mencius 2A.2
- Mencius 7A.26
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