Primary radical
扌 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 拓.
扌 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 拓.
石 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.
Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.
HSK 7-9 · to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions); fig. to open up (new horizons)
HSK 7-9 · to broaden
HSK 7-9 · to expand; to extend; to broaden (client base, outlook, territory etc); (computing) to scale up; to increase system capacity
to develop, to expand, to open up
拓 has 8 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.
扌 is the radical in 拓. It is the hand side radical and can provide a meaning-side clue.
开拓 (kāituò): to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions); fig. to open up (new horizons); 拓宽 (tuòkuān): to broaden; 拓展 (tuòzhǎn): to expand; to extend; to broaden (client base, outlook, territory etc); (computing) to scale up; to increase system capacity.