把
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to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 手 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 把
- Common rank
- #872
- Unicode
- U+628A
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
grasp · Heisig RSH #1327
fingers + mosaic
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 把
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 色字头上一把刀 | lit. there is a knife above the character for lust; fig. lascivious activities can lead to… | |
| 一把好手 | expert; dab hand | |
| 新官上任三把火 | (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom) | |
| 把马子 | to pick up a girl; to get a girl | |
| 一把手 | working hand; member of a work team; participant; the boss (short form of 第一把手[di4 yi1 ba3… | |
| 手把手 | (of instruction) step-by-step; hands-on | |
| 门把手 | door knob; door handle | |
| 二把手 | deputy leader; the second-in-command | |
| 花把式 | expert flower grower | |
| 车把式 | expert cart-driver; charioteer | |
| 打把式 | variant of 打把勢|打把势[da3 ba3 shi5] | |
| 火把节 | Torch Festival | |
| 头发胡子一把抓 | lit. hair and beard all in one stroke; fig. to handle different things by the same method;… | |
| 第一把手 | the person in charge; the head of the leadership group | |
| 印把子 | seal of authority; official seal | |
| 把心放在肚子里 | (coll.) to be completely at ease | |
| 把子 | handle | |
| 把头 | labor contractor; gangmaster | |
| 一抓一大把 | (coll.) to be a dime a dozen; easy to come by | |
| 把儿 | a handle |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 巴 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴 sound part | to desire, to wish for | |
| 肥 | fat, plump, obese; fertile | |
| 爬 | to climb, to scramble; to crawl, to creep | |
| 吧 | emphatic final particle | |
| 芭 | a plantain or banana palm | |
| 爸 | father, papa | |
| 靶 | target, mark | |
| 耙 | to rake | |
| 疤 | scar, cicatrix; birthmark | |
| 琶 | a guitar-like instrument (2) | |
| 笆 | bamboo fence | |
| 杷 | loquat tree; axe handle | |
| 粑 | tsamba, flat rice cake | |
| 钯 | palladium | |
| 鲃 | shark; bonito | |
| 岜 | rocky mountain |