芭蕾 bālěi HSK7 ballet Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 芭 bā, pā plantain or banana palm Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 巴 represents the sound. Components 艹 艹 Meaning component cao, cǎo grass 艹 is a component form of 艸. 巴 巴 Sound component ba, bā to wish Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangpraːUnicodeba Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 蕾 lěi buds Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 雷 represents the sound. Components 艹 艹 Meaning component cao, cǎo grass 艹 is a component form of 艸. 雷 雷 Sound component léi thunder Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangruːlʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang