拓拔

Traditional form:

拓拔

Pinyin (reading):

Tuòbá

Definitions:

• branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑／鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
• also written 拓跋

Characters:

• 拓 - to develop, to expand, to open up
• 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote

Traditional characters:

• 拓 - to develop, to expand, to open up
• 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote