芭
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an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3 ci2]; used in 芭蕉[ba1 jiao1]; used in transliteration
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艸 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 芭
- Common rank
- #2,592
- Unicode
- U+82AD
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Formation & memory
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Words with 芭
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杰西卡·艾尔芭 | Jessica Alba, American actress | |
| 洁西卡·艾芭 | Jessica Alba, American actress | |
| 芭乐票 | (Tw) bounced check; bad check | |
| 芭达雅 | variant of 帕塔亞|帕塔亚[Pa4 ta3 ya4]; Pattaya or Phatthaya city in Chon Buri province of east T… | |
| 芭提雅 | Pattaya, Thailand | |
| 芭乐歌 | (Tw) ballad (loanword); mainstream song | |
| 水上芭蕾 | synchronized swimming | |
| 芭拉 | guava (loanword from Taiwanese) | |
| 芭拉芭拉 | para para, a Eurobeat dance originating in Japan, with synchronized upper body movements (… | |
| 芭乐 | guava (loanword from Taiwanese) | |
| 芭比 | Barbie | |
| 芭芭拉 | Barbara or Barbra (name) | |
| 芭蕾舞 | ballet (loanword) | |
| 芭菲 | parfait (loanword) | |
| 芭蕉扇 | palm-leaf fan | |
| 芭蕾 | ballet (loanword) | |
| 芭蕉 | Japanese banana (Musa basjoo) |
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 | |
| 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 |