撥

See also: 拨

Translingual

Han character

1. to dial
2. move
3. dispel
4. distribute
5. plectrum
6. play a string instrument

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 455, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12727
• Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1964, character 6
• Unihan data for U+64A5

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Cantonese

Hanzi

撥 (simplified 拨, Yale but6)

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Japanese

Kanji

撥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): はつ (hatsu), ばち (bachi)
• Kun: はねる (haneru), おさめる (osameru)

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Korean

Hanja

撥 • (bal) (hangeul 발, revised bal, McCune–Reischauer pal, Yale pal)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

撥 (simplified 拨, Pinyin bō (bo1), Wade-Giles po¹)

1. to push aside with the hand, foot, stick etc.
2. to dial
3. to allocate; to set aside (money)
4. to poke (the fire)
5. to pluck (a string instrument)
6. to turn around

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 撥 (phết, bát, phiết)

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