挑拨 tiǎobō Provoke

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Traditional: 挑撥

Stroke order

挑拨 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

挑拨 — the Chinese character for Provoke (tiǎobō), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 挑拨 — Provoke

挑 — 9 strokes
拨 — 8 strokes

Senses

to incite disharmony
to instigate

Characters in 挑拨

挑 tiǎo — to raise; to dig up; to poke
拨 bō — to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

挑拨 is pronounced tiǎobō and means “Provoke”.

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