Read Edit View history 扒 bāpá HSK7 scratch Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 八 represents the sound. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 八 八 Sound component bā eight Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangpreːdspreːdpred Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang