跋

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postscript; to trek across mountains

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

足 meaning “foot” + 犮 sound ( bá )

Components 足犮

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
跋山涉水	bá shān shè shuǐ	to travel over land and water (idiom)
跋语	bá yǔ	short comment or critical appraisal added at the end of a text, on a painting etc
长途跋涉	cháng tú bá shè	long and difficult trek
题跋	tí bá	short comments; preface and postscript
序跋	xù bá	preface and postscript
跋杯	bá bēi	(Tw) (folk religion) to divine by casting moon blocks 筊杯[jiao3 bei1] (from Taiwanese, Tai-…
飞扬跋扈	fēi yáng bá hù	bossy and domineering; throwing one's weight about
跋前疐后	bá qián zhì hòu	see 跋胡疐尾[ba2 hu2 zhi4 wei3]
跋胡疐尾	bá hú zhì wěi	(idiom, from Book of Songs) unable to advance or retreat
跋涉	bá shè	to trudge; to trek
拓跋魏	Tuò bá Wèi	Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
拓跋	Tuò bá	branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑\|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (…
跋前踬后	bá qián zhì hòu	see 跋胡疐尾[ba2 hu2 zhi4 wei3]
嚣张跋扈	xiāo zhāng bá hù	arrogant and despotic
跋扈	bá hù	domineering; bossy

Characters sharing the sound component 犮 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
犮 sound part	bá	to pull up
拔	bá	to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote
钹	bó	cymbals
祓	fú	to exorcise; to cleanse
鲅	bà	Chinese mackerel
魃	bá	drought demon
茇	bá	straw, thatch
黻	fú	special pattern of embroidery