Memory phrase for the character: 巴

巴

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Meaning

to hope, long for, wish, to cling to, sth. that sticks

Pronunciation

bā

Explanation

Image of a slumped person 巴, that is hoping - Better: understand this as a doorknob

Mnemonic

Behind the doorknob 巴 you may hope.

Radicals

己	oneself	Following the winding path I find myself. In several cases this snake 巳 is also understood as: "self".
巴	to hope, long for	Actually a slumped person 巴 is shown. But the explanations use it as "doorknob". This free interpretatin is based on the character: 把 (bǎ, bà), which is in combination of a hand 扌 and means: doorknob.

Vocabulary

巴西	Bā xī	Brazil
哑巴	yǎ ba	mute; muted; a dumb person; to be dumb
眨巴	zhǎ ba	to blink; to wink
松巴哇岛	Sōng bā wā dǎo	Sumbawa, Indonesian island east of Java

巴里坤草原	Bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán	Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang
磕磕巴巴	kē kē bā bā	stammering; stuttering; not speaking fluently
磕磕巴巴	kē kē bā bā	stammering; stuttering; not speaking fluently

巴彦淖尔市	Bā yàn nào ěr shì	Bayan Nur prefecture level city in Inner Mongolia
淋巴细胞	lín bā xì bāo	lymphocyte

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