笆

bā

noun #56,946

Meanings

1 a fence or screen woven from bamboo strips or twigs
2 (in 笆斗) a deep basket

Characters

笆

bā

bamboo fence

Examples

HSK 7-9

篱笆围着小菜园。

Líba wéi zhe xiǎo càiyuán.

A bamboo fence encloses the little vegetable garden.

HSK 7-9

奶奶在篱笆旁种了牵牛花。

Nǎinai zài líba páng zhòng le qiānniúhuā.

Grandma planted morning glories along the bamboo fence.

Tips

usage

Nearly always in 篱笆 (a wattle or bamboo-twig fence) - the simple woven garden fence of the countryside, not a brick or metal one.

Components

radical

⺮ zhú

bamboo (top radical)

Bamboo cap on top, head-form of 竹. It marks an object woven or built from bamboo - here a fence of bamboo strips. Same family as 篮 basket, 筐 hamper, 篱 hedge-fence (its partner in 篱笆).

phonetic

巴 bā

to cling to; (suffix)

Bottom 巴 supplies the sound bā directly. Same phonetic in 爸 dad and 把 to hold; here it lends only its reading.

Stroke Order

笆 bā

笆