拓跋

Tuòbá

proper noun

Meanings

1 Tuoba, the Xianbei clan that founded the Northern Wei dynasty, later a two-character surname

Characters

to open up, used for its sound

to trek, used for its sound

Examples

HSK 7-9

北魏是拓跋氏建立的。

Běiwèi shì Tuòbá shì jiànlì de.

The Northern Wei was founded by the Tuoba clan.

HSK 7-9

孝文帝把皇族的姓从拓跋改成了元。

Xiàowéndì bǎ huángzú de xìng cóng Tuòbá gǎichéng le Yuán.

Emperor Xiaowen changed the imperial clan's surname from Tuoba to Yuan.

Tips

history

Part of the 鲜卑 people, the clan reunited north China in 439. The ruling house of the Tangut state 西夏 also claimed Tuoba descent. The name is sometimes written 拓拔.

mistakes

Here 拓 is read tuò, as in 开拓, not tà as in 拓片, an ink rubbing.

Stroke Order

拓 tuò

跋 bá