爸
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father; dad; pa; papa
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 1
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 父 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 爸
- Common rank
- #2,870
- Unicode
- U+7238
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 爸
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad; CL:位[wei4] | |
| 阿爸父 | Abba (Aramaic word father); by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel | |
| 老爸 | father; dad | |
| 阿爸 | Abba (Aramaic word father); by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel | |
| 阿爸 | (dialect) father | |
| 后爸 | (coll.) stepfather | |
| 爸比 | (loanword) daddy | |
| 单亲爸爸 | single father | |
| 亲爸 | one's own father; biological father | |
| 宝爸 | a dad (father of a young child) | |
| 奶爸 | stay-at-home dad | |
| 爸妈 | dad and mom | |
| 兔爸 | toolbar (in computer software) (loanword) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 巴 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴 sound part | to desire, to wish for | |
| 把 | to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle | |
| 肥 | fat, plump, obese; fertile | |
| 爬 | to climb, to scramble; to crawl, to creep | |
| 吧 | emphatic final particle | |
| 芭 | a plantain or banana palm | |
| 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 |