拆
to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,816 U+62C6
How 拆 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 斥 (phonetic, chì)
How to remember it
take apart · Heisig RSH #2193
fingers + 斥 reprimand
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 斥
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 斥 (chì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斥 sound component | chì | to scold, to upbraid; to accuse, to blame; to reproach |
| 坼 | chè | to crack, to open, to split, to tear |
Words containing 拆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 托里拆利 | Tuō lǐ chāi lì | Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo |
| 拆东补西 | chāi dōng bǔ xī | lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Pet… |
| 过河拆桥 | guò hé chāi qiáo | (lit.) to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom); (fig.) to abandon one's ben… |
| 同业拆借 | tóng yè chāi jiè | call loan; short-term loan within banking |
| 拆东墙补西墙 | chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng | (lit.) to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (saying); (fig.) to rob Peter to… |
| 见招拆招 | jiàn zhāo chāi zhāo | to counter every move; to be full of tricks |
| 清拆户 | qīng chāi hù | demolition of homes; to destroy homes (for new building projects) |
| 宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚 | nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn | rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom) |
| 拆家 | chāi jiā | (slang) low-level drug dealer; (slang) (of a pet) to wreck the house (scattering trash, ch… |
| 拆放款 | chāi fàng kuǎn | funds on call; invested sum that can be cashed |
| 拆机 | chāi jī | to dismantle a machine; to terminate a telephone service |
| 分拆 | fèn chāi | to separate off; to hive off; a demerger |
| 拆分 | chāi fēn | to break up into parts |
| 拆下 | chāi xià | to dismantle; to take apart |
| 拆开 | chāi kāi | to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick |
| 拆线 | chāi xiàn | to remove stitches (from a wound) |
| 拆台 | chāi tái | (theater) to dismantle the stage; (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet; to unde… |
| 拆字 | chāi zì | fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters |
| 拆用 | chāi yòng | to tear down and reuse; to cannibalize |
| 清拆 | qīng chāi | demolition (of buildings for new project) |