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拓

tà, tuò

expand

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 石 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

石 sound component

石  Sound component

shí, dàn

  

stone

Evolution

拓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
拓 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
拓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

拓  

tà

expand; open up; support or push; to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription)

拓  

Tuò

surname Tuo

拓  

tuò

to expand; to push sth with the hand; to develop; to open up

Most common words with 拓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

拓展

to expand

开拓

to open up (a new seam)

拓宽

to broaden

拓

to expand

开拓者

pioneer

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.4507% of movies

2821st most common character in movies

2238th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+62D3

Shuowen

“拓，拾也。陳、宋語。从手，石聲。摭，拓或从庶。”


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