拓 (tuò): to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription), to expand, to push sth with the hand
拓 (tuò) is a Chinese character meaning “to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 石 (phonetic). It ranks #2183 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 拓 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription)
- to expand
- to push sth with the hand
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拓展 | tuò zhǎn | to expand |
| 开拓 | kāi tuò | to break new ground (for agriculture) |
| 开拓者 | kāi tuò zhě | pioneer |
| 拓荒者 | tuò huāng zhě | pioneer |
| 拓宽 | tuò kuān | to broaden |
| 拓荒 | tuò huāng | to open up land (for agriculture) |
| 拓扑 | tuò pū | (math.) (loanword) topology |
| 开拓性 | kāi tuò xìng | pioneering |
| 拓扑学 | tuò pū xué | (math.) topology |
| 必和必拓 | bì huó bì tuò | BHP Billiton (Anglo-Australian mining corporation) |
| 几何拓扑学 | jǐ hé tuò pū xué | (math.) geometric topology |
| 拓展视野 | tuò zhǎn shì yě | to broaden one's horizons |
| 拓扑空间 | tuò pū kōng jiān | (math.) topological space |
| 几何拓扑 | jǐ hé tuò pū | (math.) geometric topology |
| 代数拓扑 | dài shù tuò pū | (math.) algebraic topology |
拓 appears in 29 compound words: 59 as the first character, 17 as the last, and 24 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 拓 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他拓了一个电话,约朋友晚上一起吃饭。
tā tuò le yī gě diàn huà , yāo péng yǒu wǎn shǎng yī qǐ chī fàn .
He dialed a number and made plans with a friend to grab dinner that evening.
每日星座运势/金牛聚会拓展人际圈 理财转守为攻
měi rì xīng zuò yùn shì jīn niú jù huì tuò zhǎn rén jì juān lǐ cái zhuǎn shǒu wéi gōng
Daily horoscope/Taurus gathering to expand the interpersonal circle and turn financial management into offense
...877.HK):拟1亿港元收购目标公司,拓展互联网医疗业务-FX168
. . . 8 7 7 . H K ) : nǐ 1 yì gǎng yuán shōu gòu mù biāo gōng sī , tuò zhǎn hù lián wǎng yī liáo yè wù F X 1 6 8
... 877.HK): It plans to acquire the target company for HK$100 million and expand the Internet medical business - FX168
...国与Momenta深化未来出行领域合作 拓智能辅助驾驶功能
. . . guó yǔ M o m e n t a shēn huà wèi lái chū háng lǐng yù gě zuò tuò zhì néng fǔ zhù jià shǐ gōng néng
... China and Momenta deepen cooperation in the field of future travel to expand intelligent assisted driving functions
...理默茨即日起访华两天 表示期待探讨进一步拓展两国合作
. . . lǐ mò 茨 jí rì qǐ fǎng huá liǎng tiān biǎo shì qī dài tàn tǎo jìn yī bù tuò zhǎn liǎng guó gě zuò
... Limmertz visited China for two days from now and expressed his expectation to explore further expansion of cooperation between the two countries
鑫科去年EPS -0.08元 将拓展新订单
鑫 kē qù nián E P S 0 . 0 8 yuán jiāng tuò zhǎn xīn dìng dān
Xinke EPS -0.08 yuan last year will expand new orders
年轻的时候你应该开拓你的思想。
Niánqīng de shíhou nǐ yīnggāi kāituò nǐ de sīxiǎng.
You should enrich your mind when young.
Character Family
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