CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ba2
- English meanings
- bare, tear, pluck, choose, take out, stand out among, displume, uproot, pull up, tweak, draw, pull off, deplumate, deplume, pull, surpass, get out, raise, suck out, select, seize, seizure, cool in water, lift, pull_out, pick, capture, yank, pull out, pick off
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 犮.
Meaning & sound clues
扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.
犮 is identified as the sound component (bá). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 拔.
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
to peel
indicating pre-verbal object as thing dealt with by the action
dad; father
stop; cease; dismiss
stop; cease; dismiss
banana; plantain
tyrant; dominate
target
Example sentences
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Related words
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