to peel

to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig

hand (扌) + eight (八) = peel, pull, cling

The hand radical carries the meaning: all senses of 扒 involve hands pulling, peeling, or clinging. 八 mainly contributes the bā sound and does not add meaning here.

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EightPhonetic
HandSemantic

她慢慢地开橘子皮,把果肉给了孩子。

tā màn màn de bā kāi jú zi pí, bǎ guǒ ròu gěi le hái zi。

she slowly peeled apart the orange skin and gave the fruit to the child.

小猫着窗台,努力想爬进屋里。

xiǎo māo bā zhe chuāng tái, nǔ lì xiǎng pá jìn wū lǐ。

the little cat clung to the windowsill, trying hard to climb inside the room.

Words with 扒

鸡扒

jī pá

see 雞排|鸡排[ji1 pai2]

周扒皮

zhōu bā pí

Zhou the exploiter, archetypal character in short story 半夜雞叫|半夜鸡叫[ban4 ye4 ji1 jiao4]

扒钉

bā dīng

cramp

扒粪

pá fèn

muckraking

扒灰

pá huī

incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law

扒车

bā chē

to pull oneself up onto a moving vehicle

扒屋牵牛

bā wū qiān niú

to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb)

扒手

pá shǒu

pickpocket

扒拉

bā la

(coll.) to push lightly

扒拉

pá la

(coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly)

扒搂

pá lou

to gather together as with a rake

扒犁

pá lí

sledge

More characters with 扌