拍 — Chinese character
拍
pāi
to clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, rhythm
- Pinyin
- pāi
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 扌 白
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 白
- Japanese
- 拍 as a kanji
Common words with 拍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拍摄 (拍攝) | pāi shè | to take (a picture); to shoot (a film) |
| 拍照 | pāi zhào | to take a picture |
| 拍卖 (拍賣) | pāi mài | to auction; auction sale |
| 自拍 | zì pāi | to take a picture or video of oneself; to take a selfie; a selfie |
| 偷拍 | tōu pāi | to photograph or film sb without their knowledge or consent |
| 拍片 | pāi piàn | to shoot a film; to have a medical imaging procedure |
| 拍电影 (拍電影) | pāi diàn yǐng | to make a movie |
| 节拍 (節拍) | jié pāi | beat (music); meter |
| 拍打 | pāi da | to pat; to slap |
| 拍卖会 (拍賣會) | pāi mài huì | auction; 场 (chǎng) |
| 实拍 (實拍) | shí pāi | candid photograph; genuine photograph (not set up or doctored) |
| 拍戏 (拍戲) | pāi xì | to shoot a movie |
English words written with 拍
拍 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.