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爸爸
bà​ba HSK1

father

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

爸 bà, ba father

Phonosemantic compound. 父 represents the meaning and 巴 represents the sound.

Components

父
父 Meaning component
fù father
巴
巴 Sound component
ba, bā to wish

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpraːs
baʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang