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Chinese symbol for “ba”

文学士
wén xué shì
Traditional: 文學士
Bachelor of Arts; B.A.; BA; A.B.

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ba is 文学士 (wén xué shì), defined as: Bachelor of Arts; B.A.; BA; A.B.; Artium Baccalaureus.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

文 wén
culture, literature, writing
radical 67 ⽂ · 4 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes
士 shì
scholar, gentleman; soldier
radical 33 ⼠ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 文学士.

WordPinyinMeaning
文化wén huàculture; civilization
文章wén zhāngarticle; essay
文件wén jiàndocument; file
文学 (文學)wén xuéliterature
文明wén míngcivilized; civilization
文字wén zìcharacter; script
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
人士rén shìperson; figure

See also: Japanese symbol for “ba”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.