Chinese symbol for “hem”
摆
bǎi
Traditional: 襬
hem (at the bottom of a garment)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hem is 摆 (bǎi), defined as: hem (at the bottom of a garment).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hem”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 裙摆 (裙襬) | qún bǎi | hem (of a skirt) |
| 缘 (緣) | yuán | cause; reason |
| 卷边 (捲邊) | juǎn biān | to hem; hem |
| 衣服缝边 (衣服縫邊) | yī fú fèng biān | hem |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 摆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摆脱 (擺脫) | bǎi tuō | to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc) |
| 摇摆 (搖擺) | yáo bǎi | to sway; to wobble |
| 摆放 (擺放) | bǎi fàng | to set up; to arrange; to lay out |
| 摆布 (擺布) | bǎi bù | to arrange; to order about |
| 摆设 (擺設) | bǎi shè | to set out; to display |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hem”.
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.