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CHINESE CHARACTER

pāo

抛

抛

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to throw

Numbered pinyin
pao1
English meanings
to throw, to toss, to fling, to cast, to abandon

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right (Enclosed from the lower left arrangement: outside 九; inside 力.).

  • Left

    扌
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  • Right

    ⿺
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Meaning & sound clues

扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰扌⿺九力

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    pāo抛chū出wèntí问题。

    Raise a question.

  2. 02

    pāo抛xiù绣qiú球。

    Throw a ball.

  3. 03

    pāo抛zhuān砖yǐn引yù玉。

    Toss a brick to attract jade.

  4. 04

    qǐfā启发sīkǎo思考。

    Inspire thought.

  5. 05

    jí集sī思guǎng广yì益。

    Pool ideas.

  6. 06

    shōuhuò收获liáng良duō多。

    Learned a lot.

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