芭 — Chinese character
芭
bā
a plantain or banana palm
- Pinyin
- bā
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 艹 巴
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 巴
- Japanese
- 芭 as a kanji
Common words with 芭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芭蕾 | bā lěi | ballet (loanword) |
| 芭蕾舞 | bā lěi wǔ | ballet (loanword) |
| 芭蕉 | bā jiāo | Japanese banana (Musa basjoo) |
| 芭乐 (芭樂) | bā lè | guava (loanword from Taiwanese) |
| 芭蕉扇 | bā jiāo shàn | palm-leaf fan |
| 芭菲 | bā fēi | parfait (loanword) |
| 芭拉 | bā lā | guava (loanword from Taiwanese) |
| 水上芭蕾 | shuǐ shàng bā lěi | synchronized swimming |
| 芭拉芭拉 | bā lā bā lā | para para, a Eurobeat dance originating in Japan, with synchronized upper body movements (loanword from Japanese) |
| 芭乐歌 (芭樂歌) | bā lè gē | (Tw) ballad (loanword); mainstream song |
| 芭乐票 (芭樂票) | bā lè piào | (Tw) bounced check; bad check |
English words written with 芭
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.