靶
bǎbà HSK7

target

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

Components

革
革 Meaning component
gé leather
巴
巴 Sound component
ba, bā to wish

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpraːs
Unicodebà

說文解字

轡革也。从革巴聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)