chě

variant of 扯[che3]

to pull; to tear

hand (扌) + phonetic (止) = pull or tear

The hand radical drives the meaning: pulling and tearing are forceful manual actions. 止 contributes the sound chě rather than any sense of stopping.

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HandSemantic
StopPhonetic

她用力断了那根绳子。

tā yòng lì chě duàn le nà gēn shéng zi。

She pulled hard and tore that rope apart.

他一把开信封,迫不及待地看信。

tā yī bǎ chě kāi xìn fēng,pò bù jí dài de kàn xìn。

He tore the envelope open at once, eager to read the letter.

Words with 扯

闲扯

xián chě

to chat

鬼扯

guǐ chě

nonsense

鬼扯腿

guǐ chě tuǐ

unable to restrain oneself

丢轮扯炮

diū lún chě pào

(idiom) flustered

互相扯皮

hù xiāng chě pí

to pass the buck

扯住

chě zhù

to grasp firmly

扯嗓子

chě sǎng zi

to raise one's voice

扯家常

chě jiā cháng

to engage in small talk

扯平

chě píng

to make even

扯后腿

chě hòu tuǐ

to be a drag or hindrance on sb

扯淡

chě dàn

to talk nonsense

扯犊子

chě dú zi

(dialect) to talk nonsense

More characters with 扌