掰扯 bāiche clarify Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 掰 bāi (Cant.) to tear To tear something 分 with both hands 手 Components 手 手 Meaning component shǒu, shou hand 分 分 Meaning component fēn, fèn, fen divide 手 手 Meaning component shǒu, shou hand Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangpreːɡ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 扯 chě, che rip up Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 止 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撦. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 止 止 Sound component zhǐ (foot), stop Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangtʰjaːʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang