拆

chāi

to break up, split apart, rip open; to destroy

How to write 拆, stroke by stroke

to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open

Pictophonetic: semantic 扌 (hand), phonetic 斥

Made of 扌 + 斥

拆除chāi chúto tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to remove
拆散chāi sànto break up (a marriage, family etc)
拆开chāi kāito dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick
拆穿chāi chuānto expose; to unmask; to see through (a lie etc)
拆毁chāi huǐto demolish; to tear down
分拆fèn chāito separate off; to hive off; a demerger
拆下chāi xiàto dismantle; to take apart
拆借chāi jièto make (or take out) a short-term loan
拆分chāi fēnto break up into parts
拆字chāi zìfortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
拆家chāi jiā(slang) low-level drug dealer; (slang) (of a pet) to wreck the house (scattering trash, chewing on furniture etc)
拆封chāi fēngto open (sth that has been sealed)

我们以前住的房子被拆毁了。
wǒ men yǐ qián zhù de fáng zi bèi chāi huǐ le 。
The house in which we lived was torn down.
我喜欢把东西拆开，看看里面的结构。
wǒ xǐ huan bǎ dōng xī chāi kāi ， kàn kàn lǐ miàn de jié gòu 。
I like to take things apart to see what makes them tick.
他们将在两天内拆除这栋旧的建筑物。
tā men jiāng zài liǎng tiān nèi chāi chú zhè dòng jiù de jiàn zhù wù 。
They will tear down the old building in two days.
他怎么敢拆我的信！
tā zěn me gǎn chāi wǒ de xìn ！
How dare he open my letters!
他们拆掉了一部分墙。
tā men chāi diào le yí bù fen qiáng 。
They knocked down a part of the wall.