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The Chinese word ba - 把 - bă
(to hold in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

bă

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(Mandarin = standard Chinese without accent)

Note: This Chinese character can also be pronounced bà. However, with a different pronunciation, the meaning of the character will change as well (not yet available in this dictionary).

English translations

to hold, classifier (for things with a handle), to guard, around, handle,
grip, to grasp, to watch over, grasp

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 把 ( bă ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( ba / bă ) with pronunciation (English translation: to hold )
The traditional Chinese characters of bă are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
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把 is composed of 7 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

hand  |  handle
把 ( ba / bă ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 115)
More words that mean to hold in Chinese
bào ( 抱 ), chí ( 持 ), jŭ ( 举 ), jŭxíng ( 举行 ), ná ( 拿 ), zhí ( 执 )

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