拆

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拆 U+62C6, 拆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62C6
← 担
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 拇 →

Translingual

Han character

拆 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手竹一卜 (QHMY), four-corner 52031, composition ⿰扌斥)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11943
  • Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1855, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+62C6

Chinese

trad. 拆
simp. # 拆
alternative forms 坼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (屰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
斥 *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ
訴 *sŋaːɡs
泝 *sŋaːɡs
愬 *sŋaːɡs, *sŋreːɡ
遡 *sŋaːɡs
塑 *sŋaːɡs
溯 *sŋaːɡs
遻 *ŋaːɡs
柝 *tŋ̊ʰaːɡ
鶚 *ŋaːɡ
諤 *ŋaːɡ
齶 *ŋaːɡ
鍔 *ŋaːɡ
遌 *ŋaːɡ
崿 *ŋaːɡ
偔 *ŋaːɡ
堮 *ŋaːɡ
湂 *ŋaːɡ
鱷 *ŋaːɡ
噩 *ŋaːɡ
咢 *ŋaːɡ
鑩 *ŋaːɡ
鄂 *ŋaːɡ
鰐 *ŋaːɡ
萼 *ŋaːɡ
愕 *ŋaːɡ
顎 *ŋaːɡ
朔 *sŋraːɡ
槊 *sraːwɢ
蒴 *sraːwɢ
坼 *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
拆 *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ
逆 *ŋraɡ
屰 *ŋraɡ
縌 *ŋraɡ
蝷 *reːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 斥 (OC *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • tiáh - vernacular;
  • cháik - literary.
Note:
  • thiah - vernacular (“to take apart; to demolish; to purchase; to tear”);
  • thek/thiak - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 拆
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰai⁵⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰai⁴⁴/
/t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡sʰai²¹/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰei²¹³/
Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂʰe⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰai²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡sʰei²¹/
Xining /t͡sʰɨ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡sʰə¹³/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰə¹³/
Ürümqi /t͡sʰai⁴⁴/
/t͡sʰei⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡sʰɤ²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡sʰe³¹/
Guiyang /t͡sʰɛ²¹/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰə³¹/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʰəʔ⁵/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂʰɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰaʔ²/
Pingyao /ʈ͡ʂʰʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sʰaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡sʰaʔ⁵/
Suzhou /t͡sʰɑʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡sʰɑʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /t͡sʰa²¹³/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰɛʔ²¹/
Tunxi /t͡sʰa⁵/
Xiang Changsha /ʈ͡ʂʰə²⁴/
Xiangtan /t͡sʰæ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɑʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰak̚¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰɑk̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰak̚³/
Nanning /t͡sʰak̚³³/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰak̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tʰik̚³²/
/tʰiaʔ³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /tʰiɛʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /tʰia²⁴/
/t͡sɛ²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /tʰiaʔ²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hia⁵⁵/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 拆
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chāi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ trhæk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰˁ<r>ak/ (dialect: *qʰˁr- > *r̥ˁ- > trh-)
English take apart, dismantle

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 拆
Reading # 1/1
No. 9472
Phonetic
component 		屰
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		𡍩
Old
Chinese 		/*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ/
Notes 同坼

Definitions

拆

  1. to take apart; to dismantle
    拆返條RAM出嚟／拆返条RAM出嚟 [Cantonese]  ―  caak3 faan1 tiu4 RAM ceot1 lei4   ―  take the stick of RAM back out
    拆信  ―  chāi xìn  ―  to open a letter
  2. to demolish; to destroy
    拆樓／拆楼 [Cantonese]  ―  caak3 lau4-2   ―  to demolish a building
  3. (Cantonese) to solve (a problem)
    呢單嘢點拆呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢单嘢点拆呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei1 daan1 je5 dim2 caak3 aa3?
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (Cantonese, of one's voice) hoarse
  5. (Hokkien) to purchase; to buy (tickets, medicine, etc.)
  6. (Hokkien) to tear
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 撕 (“to tear”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 撕, 扯
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 撕
Harbin 撕巴
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 撕
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 撕
Cantonese Guangzhou 搣, 撕
Hong Kong 搣, 撕
Dongguan 搣
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 撕, 搣
Gan Pingxiang 撕
Huizhou Jixi 撕
Jin Xinzhou 撕掐
Northern Min Jian'ou 撕
Eastern Min Fuzhou 撕
Southern Min Xiamen 拆, 剺
Quanzhou 拆, 剺
Zhangzhou 拆, 剺
Taipei 拆, 裂
New Taipei (Sanxia) 剺
Kaohsiung 拆, 剺, 裂
Yilan 拆, 裂, 剺
Changhua (Lukang) 拆, 剺
Taichung 剺
Tainan 拆, 裂, 剺
Hsinchu 裂
Kinmen 拆, 剺
Penghu (Magong) 拆, 剺
Manila (Hokkien) 拆
Chaozhou 剺
Shantou 剺
Haifeng 剺
Leizhou 𠠏, 撕
Wu Shanghai 扯
Shanghai (Chongming) 扯
Suzhou 㧸
Wuxi 㧸

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Thai: ฉีก (chìik, “tear”)

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

拆

  1. (dialectal) to excrete

References

Japanese

Kanji

拆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): たく (taku)、せき (seki)
  • Kun: ひらく (hiraku)、さく (saku)

Korean

Hanja

拆 (eum 탁 (tak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

拆: Hán Nôm readings: sách

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