摆

摆 · bǎi

put, place; display; swing, sway

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

put, place; display; swing, sway

Mandarin
bǎi
Cantonese
baai2

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6446
Radical
手 · 64
Strokes
13 · Unihan
Residual
10

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

13 strokes
摆
Strokes
13
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

13 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿰扌罢(GT)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 摆

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

擺 · 襬

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
bǎi
kCantonese
baai2
kDefinition
put, place; display; swing, sway
kTotalStrokes
13
kRSUnicode
64.10
kTraditionalVariant
U+6446 U+64FA U+896C
kSimplifiedVariant
U+6446
kTGH
2013:2838

Readings across dictionaries

Tongyong Guifan · 2013
bǎi 008.130,009.010
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

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Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
68dictionary records using 摆0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
扌 beside 罢 · the shape used in China, Taiwan
Source notation ^⿰扌罢$(GT)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰扌罢$(GT)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.