撥	100C20   10A.82-3	部居	畫數  15	ㄅㄛ [bo1] .
N	(1)  A handful (of earth, ashes, powder). (2)  (AC) cord for pulling hearse= 紼 93B.22. (3)  (AC) a kind of ladies’ hair ornament.
V	(1)  To stir with hand or stick: 撥土，灰 stir dust, ashes; to move (switch, etc.) with a slight finger movement; 撥表針 move watch hand; 撥動 [bo1dong4]↓; 撥算盤 tick off beads on abacus; poke fire, see 撥火棍 [bo1huo3gun4]↓; 撥開 poke aside, spread out; 撥歸一邊 set on one side. (2)  To dispel, push aside (curtain): 撥開雲霧見青天 (or 撥雲見日) clear the clouds and see the sky, (fig.) remove cloud of suspicion, redress wrong and restore justice; 撥亂反正 dispel chaos and restore peace. (3)  TO assign, set aside: 撥兵 despatch troops; 撥項 transfer a sum; 撥一筆款 set aside a sum.
Words	1.撥動 [bo1dong4], v.t., move by finger (hour hand), turn (a switch).  2.撥發 [bo1fa1], v.t. & n., pay out, transfer (funds).  3.撥火棍 [bo1huo3gun4], n., poker for fireplace.  4.撥腳 [bo1jiao3], v.i., fell (a person) by placing leg across opponent’s, a boxer's movement.  5.撥剌 [bo1la4], n., noise of striking fins, 扒 also 扒拉 10A.80; noise of twanging bow.  6.撥浪鼓 [bo1lang1gu3], n., = 波浪鼓 63A.82.  7.撥弄 [bo1long4], v.t., as in 撥弄是非 stir up trouble by gossip, rumors; fiddle with.