拍

拍
pa̅i = p + ai1
to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)
拍 = 扌 + 白 : Pinocchio (p) is spinning a white flag (白) in front of the airplane (ai1). He is throwing and catching the flag with a toy claw (扌). Many people stop to watch and applaud (拍) him.

拍 character breakdown

扌
shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
白
bái = b + ai2
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
白 = 丶 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a white flag. The sun (日) is waving with a white (白) flag (白) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) while Beelzebub (b) is beating them with a big petal leaf (丶).

Characters with 拍 as component

啪
pa̅ = p + a1
(onom.) bang / pop / pow

Words with 拍

抓
拍
to capture (an image) / to snap (a photo)
实
實
拍
拍
candid photograph / genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
急
拍
拍
hurried / impatient / rushed
慢
半
拍
(music) a half-beat behind / (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc)
打
拍
to beat time / to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards
投
拍
to start shooting (a film) / to invest in (a movie) / to put (sth) up for auction
拍
出
to sell at auction / to reach a given price at auction
拍
婆
子
to chase girls / to hang around with girls
打
拍
to beat time; to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards
吹
吹
牛
牛
拍
拍
马
馬
to resort to bragging and flattering

Sentences with 拍

拍 currently does not appear in any sentence.