to pull / to tear / (of cloth, thread etc) to buy / to chat / to gossip / (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous / hokey
扯
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扌
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止
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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
=
扌
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止
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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).
止
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⺊
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丨
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一
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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.
if you take too big a stride, you could easily rip your balls (catchphrase) (line spoken by actor 葛優|葛优[Ge3 You1] in the 2010 action comedy movie 讓子彈飛|让子弹飞[Rang4 Zi3 dan4 Fei1]) / (fig.) take things one step at a time