CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ba1
- English meanings
- to peel, to skin, to tear, to pull down, to cling to (sth on which one is climbing), to dig, to rake up, to steal, to braise, to crawl
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 八.
Meaning & sound clues
扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.
八 is identified as the sound component (bā). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 扒.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
eight
horn sound
used to show mild imperative or uncertainty
dam
cling to; hope for; bar
indicating pre-verbal object as thing dealt with by the action
bare
dad; father
stop; cease; dismiss
stop; cease; dismiss
banana; plantain
tyrant; dominate
target
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