to pull / to tear / (of cloth, thread etc) to buy / to chat / to gossip / (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous / hokey

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to visit the elevator (e3), but there is a barrier (止) inside. To get past Charlie pulls and tears (扯) the barrier using a toy claw (扌).
variant of 扯[che3] / to pull / to tear

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to visit the elevator (e3), but there is a barrier (止) inside. To get past Charlie pulls and tears (扯) the barrier using a toy claw (扌).

扯 character breakdown

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
to stop / to prohibit / until / only

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a barrier. James II of England (zh) is marking his area in the space station's living room (Ø3) with a big barrier (止), in front of which he sets up his pennant (⺊). He places a soldier left and right to the barrier, armed with a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) respectively.

Characters with 扯 as component

扯 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 扯

to be a drag or hindrance on sb
to pass the buck / to shirk responsibility
to grasp firmly
to raise one's voice / to speak at the top of one's voice
to engage in small talk / to chit chat
to make even / to balance / (fig.) to be even / to call it quits
(dialect) to talk nonsense / to chat idly
see 拉皮條|拉皮条[la1 pi2 tiao2]
to straighten (by pulling or stretching) / to be even (neither side losing out)

Sentences with 扯

扯 currently does not appear in any sentence.