How to write 捭

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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 捭

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 捭

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Meaning of 捭

Pinyin bǎi

Radical

扌

Strokes

Definition

spread out / to open, weed

Usage

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捭 (bǎi) 【Verb】 1. 两手左右旁击 (Strike with hands) 2. 分开 (Break off with the fingers and thumb) - 例如：～阖（指用手段分化或拉拢） (E.g. separate and combine, referring to using strategies to divide or consolidate) 【引】 1. 《说文》：捭，两手击也。 (Shuowen: 捭 means to strike with both hands.) 2. 左思《吴都赋》：莫不衄锐挫芒，拉捭摧藏。 (From "Wudufu" by Zuo Si: None is without sharpness, pulling apart and destroying hiding.) 3. 传通与“擘”。掰开，分开 (Also refers to "擘," to break or separate.) 4. 《广雅》：捭，开也。 (Guangya: 捭 means to open.) 5. 《鬼谷子》：捭阖。捭之者。料其情也。 (From "Guiguzi": 捭合. Those who separate can gauge the situation.) 注: “捭，拨动也。” (Note: 捭 means to stir or move.) 6. 《礼记·礼运》：其燔黍捭豚。 (From "Liji" (Book of Rites): When sacrificing, they first prepare the mashed millet and set aside the pork.)

纵横捭阖 zòng héng bǎi hé

be perpendicular and horizontal / manoeuvre among various political groupings

捭阖 bǎi hé

manoeuvre