Chinese Character Wiki

擘

bāi, bò

thumb

Components
辟 sound component

辟  Sound component

pì, bì

  

law

手 meaning component

手  Meaning component

shǒu

  

hand

hand

Evolution

擘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

擘  

bāi

thumb; break, tear open, rip

擘  

bò

to break; to tear; to pierce; to split

Most common words with 擘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

擘

thumb

巨擘

thumb

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pˤrek (~ *mə-pˤrek)

peak

bò

cleave, split


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5448th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+64D8

Shuowen

“擘，撝也。从手，辟聲。”


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