撥

bo̅ = b + o1

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

拨 = 发 + 扌 : Beelzebub (b) wants to leave observatory (o1), but outside he finds that a long hair (发) is blocking his way. He tries to push it aside (拨) with a toy claw (扌), but to no avail. Finally he has no other choice but to dial (拨) a barber to get rid of the hair.

撥 character breakdown

撥
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 發
  - 弓
  - 殳
    - 几
    - 又
      - ㇏
      - ㇇
  - 癶

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.

fa̅ = f + a1

to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

Characters with 撥 as component

撥 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 撥

groundhog

to incite disharmony / to instigate

to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between

to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc) / to fiddle with / to stir up

bring order out of chaos / set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder

to stir / to prod / to poke / to move sideways / to strum (on a guitar etc)

to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs

lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom) / fig. to achieve much with little effort

plucked string instrument / CL:件[jian4]

pizzicato

plectrum

to sow discord / to provoke

r

group of people

to assign / to allocate / to transfer (money to an account)

to pluck (a string)

plucked string music

to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief

appropriate sum of money

to pull out / to allocate (funds) / to dial

splash (of a fish)

Sentences with 撥

撥 currently does not appear in any sentence.