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
拆除
chāichú
to demolish; to remove
Characters in this word
除 chú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 余 surplus, remainder
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 拆除旧门。 Chāi chú jiù mén. Remove the old door.
- 工人拆除墙。 Gōng rén chāi chú qiáng. The workers demolish the wall.
- 明天拆除桥。 Míng tiān chāi chú qiáo. They demolish the bridge tomorrow.
Related words
- 拆 chāi to take apart; to open
- 除了 chúle except; besides
- 除非 chúfēi unless; only if
- 除夕 chúxī Chinese New Year's Eve
- 解除 jiěchú to remove; to cancel
- 排除 páichú to rule out; to remove
- 消除 xiāochú to remove; to get rid of
- 封 fēng to seal; to close off
- 堆 duī pile; to pile up
- 剪 jiǎn to cut with scissors
- 收拾 shōushi to tidy up
- 夹 jiā to clamp; to pick up with chopsticks