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noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a harrow (farm tool for breaking up and leveling soil)
  2. 2 handle or shaft (of an axe etc.)
  3. 3 to harrow

Examples

Nóngfū yòng bà bǎ tǔkuài nòng suì.
The farmer used a harrow to break up the soil clods.
Lí wán dì, háiyào bà píng.
After plowing, you still have to harrow and level the field.

Tips

usage
The reading names a harrow, the farm tool used after plowing to crush clods and level a field (also written ). This is unrelated to the reading found in 枇杷 (loquat).

Components

radical
tree; wood
The tree radical on the left. In the reading the loquat is a fruit tree; in the reading the harrow is a wooden tool — either way supplies the meaning.
phonetic
to cling to (phonetic)
Supplies the sound. Standalone gives the close readings pá and bà; it carries no meaning into .

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