(bā)

fragrant plant; used in transliteration (e.g., Guava)

How 芭 is written

Strokes
7
Radical
— grass
Traditional
Simplified
(unchanged)

Components

  • grass
  • line
  • second

Common words using 芭

芭比 bābǐ
Barbie
芭蕉 bājiāo
plantain; CL:根[gen1]
芭蕾 bālěi
ballet (loanword)
芭蕾舞 bālěiwǔ
ballet
芭提雅 bātíyǎ
Pattaya, Thailand
芭樂 bālè
guava (Taiwanese)
芭菲 bāfēi
Buffy (the vampire slayer), star of TV series
芭蕉扇 bājiāoshàn
palm-leaf fan

芭 in a sentence

芭樂是臺灣很常見的水果。

Bálè shì Táiwān hěn chángjiàn de shuǐguǒ.

“Guava is a very common fruit in Taiwan.”

How common is 芭?

芭 is the 3,120th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 99.3% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 芭

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