拆 chāi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 斥 to scold, to upbraid
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
拆
chāi
to take apart; to open
Character
Example phrases
- 我拆礼物。 Wǒ chāi lǐ wù. I open the gift.
- 他拆旧桌。 Tā chāi jiù zhuō. He takes apart the old table.
- 别拆这个。 Bié chāi zhè ge. Do not take this apart.
Related words
- 拆除 chāichú to demolish; to remove
- 剪 jiǎn to cut with scissors
- 封 fēng to seal; to close off
- 夹 jiā to clamp; to pick up with chopsticks
- 堆 duī pile; to pile up
- 加上 jiāshàng to add
- 收拾 shōushi to tidy up
- 插 chā to insert; to plug in
- 清理 qīnglǐ to clean up
- 拔 bá to pull out
- 收集 shōují to collect
- 摘 zhāi to pick; to take off