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

拍
拍
摄
攝
to take (a picture); to shoot (a film)
拍
拍
案
案
叫
叫
绝
絕
lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful! / amazing! / great!
拍
拍
档
檔
partner
拍
演
(dialect) to perform / to act (in a play etc)
拍
片
to film / to make a film
拍
拍
发
發
to send / to cable (a telegram)
拍
拍
砖
磚
(slang) to throw brickbats / to criticize harshly
拍
立
得
Polaroid (Tw)
拍
片
to film; to make a film
拍
案
lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc) / fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
拍
拍
案
案
惊
驚
奇
奇
to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful! / amazing!

Sentences with 拍

拍 currently does not appear in any sentence.