芭

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an unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3 ci2]; used in 芭蕉[ba1 jiao1]; used in transliteration

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 巴 (phonetic, bā)

components: 艹巴

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 巴

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 巴 (bā) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
巴 sound component	bā	to desire, to wish for
把	bǎ	to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle
肥	féi	fat, plump, obese; fertile
爬	pá	to climb, to scramble; to crawl, to creep
吧	ba	emphatic final particle
爸	bà	father, papa
靶	bǎ	target, mark
耙	pá	to rake
疤	bā	scar, cicatrix; birthmark
琶	pá	a guitar-like instrument (2)
笆	bā	bamboo fence
杷	bà	loquat tree; axe handle
粑	bā	tsamba, flat rice cake
钯	bǎ	palladium
鲃	bā	shark; bonito
岜	bā	rocky mountain

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
杰西卡·艾尔芭	Jié xī kǎ · Ài ěr bā	Jessica Alba, American actress
洁西卡·艾芭	Jié xī kǎ · Ài bā	Jessica Alba, American actress
芭乐票	bā lè piào	(Tw) bounced check; bad check
芭达雅	Bā dá yǎ	variant of 帕塔亞\|帕塔亚[Pa4 ta3 ya4]; Pattaya or Phatthaya city in Chon Buri province of east T…
芭提雅	Bā tí yǎ	Pattaya, Thailand
芭乐歌	bā lè gē	(Tw) ballad (loanword); mainstream song
水上芭蕾	shuǐ shàng bā lěi	synchronized swimming
芭拉	bā lā	guava (loanword from Taiwanese)
芭拉芭拉	bā lā bā lā	para para, a Eurobeat dance originating in Japan, with synchronized upper body movements (…
芭乐	bā lè	guava (loanword from Taiwanese)
芭比	Bā bǐ	Barbie
芭芭拉	Bā bā lā	Barbara or Barbra (name)
芭蕾舞	bā lěi wǔ	ballet (loanword)
芭菲	bā fēi	parfait (loanword)
芭蕉扇	bā jiāo shàn	palm-leaf fan
芭蕾	bā lěi	ballet (loanword)
芭蕉	bā jiāo	Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)