拍
to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #977 U+62CD
How 拍 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 白 (phonetic, bái)
How to remember it
racquet · Heisig RSH #1829
fingers + dove
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 白
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 白 (bái) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白 sound component | bái | white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright |
| 百 | bǎi | one hundred; numerous, many |
| 伯 | bó | older brother; father's elder brother; sir, sire, count |
| 柏 | bǎi | cypress, cedar |
| 怕 | pà | to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive |
| 迫 | pò | to compel, to force; pressing, urgent |
| 泊 | bó | to anchor; to moor |
| 魄 | pò | vigor, soul, body; the dark side of the moon |
| 帛 | bó | silk, fabric; wealth, property |
| 舶 | bó | large ship, ocean-going vessel |
| 粕 | pò | sediment, lees, dregs |
| 铂 | bó | platinum; thin sheet metal |
Words containing 拍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自拍神器 | zì pāi shén qì | selfie stick |
| 打拍子 | dǎ pāi zi | to beat time |
| 自拍器 | zì pāi qì | camera self-timer (for delayed shutter release) |
| 空拍机 | kōng pāi jī | drone equipped for aerial photography |
| 节拍器 | jié pāi qì | metronome |
| 拍立得 | Pāi lì dé | Polaroid (Tw) |
| 一拍两散 | yī pāi liǎng sàn | (of marriage or business partners) to break up; to separate |
| 拍电影 | pāi diàn yǐng | to make a movie |
| 自拍模式 | zì pāi mó shì | camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release) |
| 拍子 | pāi zi | beat (music); paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc); racket (sports) |
| 拍案而起 | pāi àn ér qǐ | (idiom) to slam the table and rise to one's feet in indignation |
| 拍马 | pāi mǎ | to urge on a horse by patting its bottom; fig. to encourage; same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter o… |
| 自拍 | zì pāi | to take a picture or video of oneself; to take a selfie; a selfie |
| 拍手 | pāi shǒu | to clap one's hands |
| 拍电 | pāi diàn | to send a telegram |
| 拍发 | pāi fā | to send; to cable (a telegram) |
| 法拍 | fǎ pāi | judicial auction; to sell by judicial auction |
| 拍出 | pāi chū | to sell at auction; to reach a given price at auction |
| 开拍 | kāi pāi | to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc); to start the bidding (auction); to st… |
| 合拍 | hé pāi | in time with (i.e. same rhythm); to keep in step with; fig. to cooperate |