霸 — Chinese character
霸
bà
tyrant; to usurp, to rule by might
- Pinyin
- bà
- Radical
- 173 ⾬ (Rain)
- Strokes
- 21
- Components
- 雨 革 月
- Formation
- pictophonetic — rain; meaning component 雨
- Japanese
- 霸 as a kanji
Common words with 霸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霸权 (霸權) | bà quán | hegemony; supremacy |
| 争霸 (爭霸) | zhēng bà | to contend for hegemony; a power struggle |
| 霸王 | bà wáng | hegemon; overlord |
| 霸主 | bà zhǔ | a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); overlord |
| 霸占 (霸佔) | bà zhàn | to occupy by force; to seize |
| 霸道 | bà dào | the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道 |
| 霸气 (霸氣) | bà qì | imperious; aggressive; assertive; dictatorial manner; boldness (CL:股 (gǔ)) |
| 称霸 (稱霸) | chēng bà | lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon; to take a leading role |
| 霸凌 | bà líng | (loanword) bullying |
| 恶霸 (惡霸) | è bà | evil tyrant |
| 霸权主义 (霸權主義) | bà quán zhǔ yì | hegemonism |
| 巨无霸 (巨無霸) | jù wú bà | giant; leviathan |
English words written with 霸
霸 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 15 · Zhuangzi 1
- Analects 14.18
- Art of War 11.53
- Art of War 11.54
- Mencius 2A.1
- Mencius 2A.2
- Mencius 2A.3
- Mencius 2B.2
- Mencius 3B.1
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