Read Edit View history 巴 bāBā HSK4 to wish Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a person grabbing something with their hand. Original form of 把. In modern Chinese this character is usually used only for its sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas ba ×bā × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 巴 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 305, 655 ], [ 319, 644 ], [ 333, 646 ], [ 602, 722 ], [ 643, 722 ], [ 668, 703 ], [ 684, 679 ], [ 634, 537 ], [ 602, 513 ] ], [ [ 434, 651 ], [ 460, 626 ], [ 448, 496 ], [ 425, 479 ] ], [ [ 279, 431 ], [ 293, 422 ], [ 314, 425 ], [ 592, 483 ], [ 649, 488 ], [ 678, 480 ] ], [ [ 215, 686 ], [ 247, 653 ], [ 262, 621 ], [ 252, 547 ], [ 246, 388 ], [ 254, 270 ], [ 266, 205 ], [ 274, 181 ], [ 295, 150 ], [ 343, 116 ], [ 456, 89 ], [ 610, 83 ], [ 773, 100 ], [ 845, 124 ], [ 876, 145 ], [ 878, 160 ], [ 875, 352 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 657 508 Q 696 634 739 664 Q 758 686 741 708 Q 720 724 658 753 Q 636 762 610 752 Q 489 695 295 659 C 266 653 277 611 306 620 Q 396 647 425 652 L 471 664 Q 523 679 581 693 Q 612 703 626 691 Q 639 678 634 651 Q 616 572 594 509 C 584 481 648 479 657 508 Z", "M 425 652 Q 426 640 422 465 C 421 435 468 447 472 477 Q 485 585 492 613 Q 504 640 472 663 L 471 664 C 448 683 424 682 425 652 Z", "M 273 411 Q 291 398 314 404 Q 428 435 675 469 Q 687 470 688 481 Q 688 490 657 508 L 594 509 Q 530 493 472 477 L 422 465 Q 343 450 276 439 Q 273 439 274 438 C 245 432 247 425 273 411 Z", "M 929 157 Q 905 224 890 337 Q 887 356 878 362 Q 868 369 864 343 Q 851 201 831 176 Q 774 113 538 115 Q 409 121 355 144 Q 307 169 297 202 Q 276 253 272 387 Q 272 400 273 411 L 274 438 Q 280 549 301 605 Q 304 612 306 620 C 314 645 314 645 295 659 Q 294 660 292 662 Q 229 708 211 703 Q 192 696 202 675 Q 227 629 222 560 Q 218 232 249 167 Q 286 80 446 59 Q 548 46 707 56 Q 851 66 907 97 Q 946 118 929 157 Z" ] } 4 strokes 巴 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 305, 655 ], [ 319, 644 ], [ 333, 646 ], [ 602, 722 ], [ 643, 722 ], [ 668, 703 ], [ 684, 679 ], [ 634, 537 ], [ 602, 513 ] ], [ [ 434, 651 ], [ 460, 626 ], [ 448, 496 ], [ 425, 479 ] ], [ [ 279, 431 ], [ 293, 422 ], [ 314, 425 ], [ 592, 483 ], [ 649, 488 ], [ 678, 480 ] ], [ [ 215, 686 ], [ 247, 653 ], [ 262, 621 ], [ 252, 547 ], [ 246, 388 ], [ 254, 270 ], [ 266, 205 ], [ 274, 181 ], [ 295, 150 ], [ 343, 116 ], [ 456, 89 ], [ 610, 83 ], [ 773, 100 ], [ 845, 124 ], [ 876, 145 ], [ 878, 160 ], [ 875, 352 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 657 508 Q 696 634 739 664 Q 758 686 741 708 Q 720 724 658 753 Q 636 762 610 752 Q 489 695 295 659 C 266 653 277 611 306 620 Q 396 647 425 652 L 471 664 Q 523 679 581 693 Q 612 703 626 691 Q 639 678 634 651 Q 616 572 594 509 C 584 481 648 479 657 508 Z", "M 425 652 Q 426 640 422 465 C 421 435 468 447 472 477 Q 485 585 492 613 Q 504 640 472 663 L 471 664 C 448 683 424 682 425 652 Z", "M 273 411 Q 291 398 314 404 Q 428 435 675 469 Q 687 470 688 481 Q 688 490 657 508 L 594 509 Q 530 493 472 477 L 422 465 Q 343 450 276 439 Q 273 439 274 438 C 245 432 247 425 273 411 Z", "M 929 157 Q 905 224 890 337 Q 887 356 878 362 Q 868 369 864 343 Q 851 201 831 176 Q 774 113 538 115 Q 409 121 355 144 Q 307 169 297 202 Q 276 253 272 387 Q 272 400 273 411 L 274 438 Q 280 549 301 605 Q 304 612 306 620 C 314 645 314 645 295 659 Q 294 660 292 662 Q 229 708 211 703 Q 192 696 202 675 Q 227 629 222 560 Q 218 232 249 167 Q 286 80 446 59 Q 548 46 707 56 Q 851 66 907 97 Q 946 118 929 157 Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.