I dialed Tom's number.
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拨
Traditional: 撥
bō
HSK 3.0 · 7–9
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bō · but6 (Jyutping)
- 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
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Character breakdown
拨
- Meaning
- move; dispel; distribute
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿰扌发
- Cangjie
- QIVE
- Four-corner
- 5304
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Example sentences
I'm sorry, I dialed the wrong number.
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