Memory phrase for the Kanji: 拔

拔

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Meaning to pull out, pluck, pick, outstanding, to surpass

Pronunciation

bá

Explanation

Left: hand 手, right: 犮 (friend 友 [= They shake hands ,又 because they are friends.] and emphasis 丶)

Mnemonic
 
You need three hands for that 丶, to be pulled out.

Radicals

扌 hand
友 friend
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 Vocabulary

 选拔  xuǎn bá  to select the best
 提拔  tí bá  to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion
 拔节  bá jié  jointing
 马桶拔  mǎ tǒng bá  plunger for unblocking toilet
 象拔蚌  xiàng bá bàng  elephant trunk clam; geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (mainly from Washington State and British Columbia)
 象拔蚌  xiàng bá bàng  

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