chāi
to break up
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 斥 represents the sound.
Components
Definitions
chāi
to break up, split apart, rip open; to destroy; to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open
Most common words with 拆
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to tear open | ||
to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants | ||
to tear down | ||
to dismantle | ||
to break up (a marriage, family etc) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qʰˤ<r>ak (dialect: *qʰˤr- > *r̥ˤ- > trh-) | trhaek | chāi | take apart, dismantle |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 13.2468% of movies
1815th most common character in movies
2076th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+62C6 |
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