巴
to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #90 U+5DF4
How 巴 is formed
How to remember it
crust · Heisig RSH #1326
— as a component also called: mosaic
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 巴 as their sound component
These characters all use 巴 (bā) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴 sound component | bā | to desire, to wish for |
| 把 | bǎ | to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle |
| 肥 | féi | fat, plump, obese; fertile |
| 爬 | pá | to climb, to scramble; to crawl, to creep |
| 吧 | ba | emphatic final particle |
| 芭 | bā | a plantain or banana palm |
| 爸 | bà | father, papa |
| 靶 | bǎ | target, mark |
| 耙 | pá | to rake |
| 疤 | bā | scar, cicatrix; birthmark |
| 琶 | pá | a guitar-like instrument (2) |
| 笆 | bā | bamboo fence |
| 杷 | bà | loquat tree; axe handle |
| 粑 | bā | tsamba, flat rice cake |
| 钯 | bǎ | palladium |
| 鲃 | bā | shark; bonito |
| 岜 | bā | rocky mountain |
Words containing 巴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴中市 | Bā zhōng Shì | Bazhong, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3] |
| 巴马县 | Bā mǎ Xiàn | see 巴馬瑤族自治縣|巴马瑶族自治县[Ba1 ma3 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 拉巴斯 | Lā bā sī | La Paz, administrative capital of Bolivia |
| 大巴 | dà bā | (coll.) large bus; coach; (abbr. for 大型巴士) |
| 巴县 | Bā xiàn | Ba county in Chongqing 重慶市|重庆市, Sichuan |
| 巴斯特尔 | Bā sī tè ěr | Basseterre, capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 巴山 | Bā shān | Mt Ba in eastern Sichuan |
| 巴克斯 | Bā kè sī | Bacchus, Greek god of wine |
| 巴斯克 | Bā sī kè | Basque; the Basque Country |
| 中巴 | Zhōng Bā | China-Pakistan (relations); China-Bahamas |
| 中巴 | zhōng bā | minibus |
| 巴中 | Bā zhōng | see 巴中市[Ba1 zhong1 Shi4] |
| 巴生 | Bā shēng | Klang (city in Malaysia) |
| 巴斯 | Bā sī | Bath city in southwest England |
| 巴拉克 | Bā lā kè | Barack, Barak, Ballack (name) |
| 亚拉巴马 | Yà lā bā mǎ | Alabama, US state |
| 巴拉巴斯 | Bā lā bā sī | Barabbas (in the Biblical passion story) |
| 巴马 | Bā mǎ | see 巴馬瑤族自治縣|巴马瑶族自治县[Ba1 ma3 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 下里巴人 | xià lǐ bā rén | folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]; popular art forms (contrasted with 陽春白雪|阳… |
| 小巴 | xiǎo bā | minibus |