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芭
bā HSK7

plantain or banana palm

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

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 Chinese
Zhengzhangpraː
Unicodeba

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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