叭
bāba HSK7

trumpet

叭 bā frequency
[crack] noun
Describes the sound of a snap, crack, or sharp noise, such as a gunshot or a stick breaking. Also used for the sound of a vehicle horn.
to draw on a pipe
(colloquial) To puff or draw on a pipe or cigarette.
[mantra word]
A character used in Buddhist mantras, specifically as the fourth syllable of the Six-Syllable Mantra 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 ǎn​má​ní​bā​mī​hōng.
surname
A Chinese surname
叭 ba
[suggestion/uncertainty]
A variant form of the sentence-final particle 吧 ba, used to indicate a mild suggestion, a request for confirmation, or uncertainty.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2,704th most common 14.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,684th most common 6.13 per million appears in 3% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.64 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
3.46 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+53ED

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)