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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 拓

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Meaning of 拓

Pinyin tuò、 tà

Radical

扌

Strokes

Definition

make rubbing, expand / support on palm / to develop / to open up

Usage

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拓 [tuò] 1. 开辟，扩充。 (To open up, expand.) 2. 以手推物。 (To push with the hand.) 3. 姓。 (A surname.) 4. 开辟，扩充：～荒。开～。～展。～落（➊宽广；➋潦倒失意。亦作“落拓”）。 (To open up, expand: to open up wasteland. Open up. Expand. To be expansive or to face setbacks.) 5. 以手推物：“孔子之劲，能～国门之关，而不肯以力闻”。 (To push open something with the hand: "Confucius's strength could push open the gates of the state, but he was not willing to be known for his force.") 6. 开阔的 (Spacious.) 7. 在刻铸有文字或图像的器物上，涂上墨，蒙上一层纸，捶打后使凹凸分明，显出文字图像来。 (To apply ink on an object engraved or molded with characters or images, cover it with paper, and after tapping it, make the recessed and raised parts distinct, revealing the characters and images.) 8. 拓印。 (To make rubbings from inscriptions, pictures, etc. on stone tablets or bronze vessels.) 9. 另见 tà (Also see tà.) 10. 古同“ 摭 ”，拾取。 (Ancient form of "pick" or "collect.")

拓展 tuò zhǎn

to expand

开拓 kāi tuò

to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons)

拓扑 tuò pū

(loanword) topology (math.) / topology of a network (computing)

拓扑学 tuò pū xué

topology (math.)

开拓者 kāi tuò zhě

pioneer

拓殖 tuò zhí

colonize

开拓进取 kāi tuò jìn qǔ

forge ahead

开疆拓土 kāi jiāng tuò tǔ

expand territory

拓片 tà piàn

rubbings from a tablet

开拓性 kāi tuò xìng

pioneering / groundbreaking

落拓 luò tuò

down and out / in dire straits / unrestrained / unconventional

拓荒 tuò huāng

to open up land (for agriculture)

拓本 tà běn

rubbing of inscription

展拓 zhǎn tà

Zhan Tuo

开拓型 kāi tuò xíng

pioneering

落拓不羁 luò tuò bù jī

be by nature unconventional and straight forward / not to be fettered by formalities and manners / throw restraint to the winds / lead a licentious life -- unconventional and unrestrained