汉字: 扒
Radical: 扌 (hand)
Stroke Count: 6
Stroke Order:
Pinyin: pá (second tone) / bā (first tone)
The character 扒 can mean "to dig," "to claw," or "to strip," depending on the context. It is also a homophone for certain dialectal words.
Depending on pronunciation, 扒 serves different purposes: "pá" is often a verb, while "bā" can form colloquial terms.
In Chinese culture, 扒 is commonly used in daily expressions to describe actions like eating quickly or prying something open.
他用手扒着墙爬了上去。
He climbed up the wall by clinging to it.
Think of 扒 as using a hand (扌) to dig or cling, which relates to its meanings.