拨 bō dial

Traditional: 撥

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 拨 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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中拨means to dial a phone number. Picture a friend who is late and not answering texts. You pick up your phone and say you'll dial their number. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

拨 is written in 8 strokes.

拨 — the Chinese character for dial (bō), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 拨 — dial

Senses

to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
to dial
to allocate
to set aside (money)
to poke (the fire)
to pluck (a string instrument)
to turn round
classifier: group, batch

Related words

Where 拨 lives

HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 7–9 Practise Topic: Technology Practise Topic: Everyday actions Practise

拨 is pronounced bō and means “dial”.