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芭
bā
1. a herb
2. banana
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

芭
bā
a plantain or banana palm
7 丶

Compound Words (15)

芭拉
bālā
guava (loanword from Taiwanese)
芭乐
bālè
guava (loanword from Taiwanese)
芭比
Bābǐ
Barbie
芭菲
bāfēi
Buffy (the vampire slayer), star of TV series
芭蕉
bājiāo
Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)
芭蕾
bālěi
ballet (loanword)
芭提雅
Bātíyǎ
Pattaya, Thailand
芭乐票
bālèpiào
forged money
芭芭拉
Bābālā
Barbara or Barbra (name)
芭蕉扇
bājiāoshàn
palm-leaf fan
芭蕾舞
bālěiwǔ
ballet (loanword)
芭达雅
Bādáyǎ
variant of [[帕塔亞|帕塔亚<Pàtǎyà>]]
水上芭蕾
shuǐshàngbālěi
synchronized swimming
洁西卡・艾芭
Jiéxīkǎ·Àibā
Jessica Alba, American actress
杰西卡・艾尔芭
Jiéxīkǎ·Àiěrbā
Jessica Alba, American actress

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Character Frequency Rank
3,125
Word Frequency Rank
2,563 of 84,292

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