Read Edit View history 笆 bā bamboo fence Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 巴 represents the sound. Components ⺮ ⺮ Meaning component zhú bamboo ⺮ is a component form of 竹. 巴 巴 Sound component ba, bā to wish Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangpraːbraːʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang