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

篱笆围着小菜园。

Líba wéi zhe xiǎo càiyuán.

A bamboo fence encloses the little vegetable garden.

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