# 拆

| 拆 | U+62C6, &#25286; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62C6 |
| ← 担 [U+62C5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 拇 → [U+62C7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

拆 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手竹一卜 (QHMY), four-corner 5203$_1$, composition ⿰扌斥)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11943
* Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1855, character 2
* Unihan data for U+62C6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 斥 | *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ |
| 訴 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 泝 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 愬 | *sŋaːɡs, *sŋreːɡ |
| 遡 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 塑 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 溯 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 遻 | *ŋaːɡs |
| 柝 | *tŋ̊ʰaːɡ |
| 鶚 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 諤 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 齶 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鍔 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 遌 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 崿 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 偔 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 堮 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 湂 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鱷 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 噩 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 咢 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鑩 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鄂 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鰐 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 萼 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 愕 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 顎 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 朔 | *sŋraːɡ |
| 槊 | *sraːwɢ |
| 蒴 | *sraːwɢ |
| 坼 | *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ |
| 拆 | *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ |
| 逆 | *ŋraɡ |
| 屰 | *ŋraɡ |
| 縌 | *ŋraɡ |
| 蝷 | *reːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 斥 (OC *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): chāi, chè (chai$^1$, che$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞ, ㄔㄜˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ce$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): caak$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): cak$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): cah$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhak
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cag$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): cah$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): tiă / că̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): tiáh / cháik
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thiah / thek / thiak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tiah$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$tshaq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): che$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chāi
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chai
*** Wade–Giles: chʻai$^1$
*** Yale: chāi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chai
*** Palladius: чай (čaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chè
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chè
*** Wade–Giles: chʻê$^4$
*** Yale: chè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheh
*** Palladius: чэ (čɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ce$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ce
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caak$^3$
*** Yale: chaak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaak$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cag$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːk̚³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: cak$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰak̚³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: cah$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaʔ⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhak
*** Hakka Romanization System: cag$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰak̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰak̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: cah$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰaʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tiă / că̤
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰia²⁴/, /t͡sɛ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tiáh / cháik
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiɑʔ²⁴/, /t͡sʰaiʔ²⁴/
* tiáh - vernacular;
* cháik - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit拆 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰai⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰai⁴⁴/ /t͡sʰai⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡sʰai²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰei²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂʰe⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰai²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sʰei²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡sʰɨ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡sʰə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡sʰai⁴⁴/ /t͡sʰei⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sʰɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sʰe³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰə³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʰəʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂʰɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰaʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ʈ͡ʂʰʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡sʰaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sʰaʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡sʰɑʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sʰɑʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡sʰa²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰɛʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰa⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʈ͡ʂʰə²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡sʰæ²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰɑʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰak̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sʰɑk̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰak̚³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sʰak̚³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sʰak̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /tʰik̚³²/ /tʰiaʔ³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /tʰiɛʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /tʰia²⁴/ /t͡sɛ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tʰiaʔ²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /hia⁵⁵/ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤ<r>ak/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 拆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chāi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trhæk › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰˁ<r>ak/ (dialect: *qʰˁr- > *r̥ˁ- > trh-) |
| English | take apart, dismantle |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 拆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9472 |
| Phonetic component | 屰 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𡍩 |
| Old Chinese | /*tŋ̊ʰraːɡ/ |
| Notes | 同坼 |

#### Definitions

拆
* to take apart; to dismantle
    拆返條RAM出嚟／拆返条RAM出嚟 [Cantonese] ― caak$^3$ faan$^1$ tiu$^4$ RAM ceot$^1$ lei$^4$ [Jyutping] ― take the stick of RAM back out
    拆信 ― chāi xìn ― to open a letter
* to demolish; to destroy
    拆樓／拆楼 [Cantonese] ― caak$^3$ lau$^{4-2}$ [Jyutping] ― to demolish a building
* (Cantonese) to solve (a problem)
       nei$^1$ daan$^1$ je$^5$ dim$^2$ caak$^3$ aa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Cantonese, of one's voice) hoarse
* (Hokkien) to purchase; to buy (tickets, medicine, etc.)
* (Hokkien) to tear

##### Synonyms

* (to demolish): 拆毀／拆毁 (chāihuǐ)
* (to tear):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 撕, 扯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 撕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 撕巴 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 撕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 撕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 搣, 撕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 搣, 撕 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 搣 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 撕, 搣 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 撕 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 撕 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 撕掐 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 撕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 撕 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 拆, 裂 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拆, 剺, 裂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 拆, 裂, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拆, 裂, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 裂 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 拆, 剺 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 拆 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 剺 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 𠠏, 撕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 扯 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 扯 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 㧸 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 㧸 |

#### Compounds

* 代拆代行
* 半拆
* 外拆生意
* 拆借 (chāijiè)
* 拆兌 / 拆兑 (chāiduì)
* 拆卸 (chāixiè)
* 拆壁腳 / 拆壁脚
* 拆夥 / 拆伙 (chāihuǒ)
* 拆字 (chāizì)
* 拆字格
* 拆家精
* 拆封 (chāifēng)
* 拆帳 / 拆帐
* 拆息 (chāixī)
* 拆招
* 拆掉
* 拆放市場 / 拆放市场
* 拆散
* 拆東補西 / 拆东补西
* 拆款
* 拆款利率
* 拆毀 / 拆毁 (chāihuǐ)
* 拆洗 (chāixǐ)
* 拆爛汙 / 拆烂污
* 拆牆腳 / 拆墙脚 (chāi qiángjiǎo)
* 拆牌道字
* 拆用
* 拆白 (chāibái)
* 拆白道字
* 拆白黨 / 拆白党 (chāibáidǎng)
* 拆穿 (chāichuān)
* 拆箬
* 拆線 / 拆线 (chāixiàn)
* 拆股 (chāigǔ)
* 拆臺 / 拆台 (chāitái)
* 拆西補東 / 拆西补东
* 拆解 (chāijiě)
* 拆賣 / 拆卖 (chāimài)
* 拆辯 / 拆辩
* 拆遷 / 拆迁 (chāiqiān)
* 拆遷戶 / 拆迁户
* 拆開 / 拆开 (chāikāi)
* 拆閱 / 拆阅
* 拆除 (chāichú)
* 拆零 (chāilíng)
* 拋鸞拆鳳 / 抛鸾拆凤
* 蓬拆
* 解拆
* 過橋拆橋 / 过桥拆桥
* 過河拆橋 / 过河拆桥 (guòhéchāiqiáo)
* 離拆 / 离拆

#### Descendants

* → Thai: ฉีก (chìik, “tear”)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cā (ca$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄚ
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^7$tshaq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cā
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ca
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻa$^1$
*** Yale: tsā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsa
*** Palladius: ца (ca)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰä⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Haining, Hangzhou, Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^7$tshaq
*** MiniDict: tshah$^入$
*** MiniDict: tsheh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$tshaq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰaʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰɑʔ⁴³/
*** Sinological IPA (Haining): /t͡sʰaʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sʰɑʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡sʰɐʔ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

拆
* (dialectal) to excrete

### References

* “拆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* “拆”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): たく (taku)、せき (seki)
* Kun: ひらく (hiraku)、さく (saku)

## Korean
### Hanja

拆 (eum 탁 (tak))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

拆: Hán Nôm readings: sách
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