菝

菝 · bá

Smilax (genus)

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bá
Cantonese
bat6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

Smilax (genus)

Dictionary definitions & readings

菝 bá · used in 菝葜 bá qiā

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53227.140:bá Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0016.040:bá Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
007.030:bá Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
bá粵bat6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ハツ バチ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
蒲撥 蒲八 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TQIK Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4454.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1038.150 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
487.45 488.07 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+83DD
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7120

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

11 strokes
菝
Strokes
11
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

11 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.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
bat · 蒲撥 · 山合一入桓並 · #3422
Middle Chinese
beat · 蒲八 · 山開二入山並 · #3425

PHONO-ML, source line 17780; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1147.504
kHanYu
53227.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53227.140
kIRGKangXi
1038.150
kKangXi
1038.150
kMorohashi
31186:E0102
kSBGY
487.45 488.07
kSMSZD2003Index
585.13
kCangjie
TQIK
kFourCornerCode
4454.7
kMojiJoho
MJ022113 MJ022113:E0101 MJ022114:E0102
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5D43
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DB6E
kIRG_JSource
J14-763E
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6E39
kIRG_TSource
T2-3F53
kRSUnicode
140.8
kTotalStrokes
11
kBigFive
DB6E
kCCCII
227E65
kCNS1986
2-3F53
kCNS1992
2-3F53
kEACC
395568
kGB0
6135
kGB1
6135
kJIS0213
2,86,30
kJis1
5629
kTGH
2013:7120
kXerox
321:063
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18502+140.3.8
kCantonese
bat6
kDefinition
Smilax (genus)
kFanqie
蒲撥 蒲八
kHanyuPinyin
53227.140:bá
kJapanese
ハツ バチ
kJapaneseOn
HATSU BACHI
kMandarin
bá
kSMSZD2003Readings
bá粵bat6
kTGHZ2013
007.030:bá
kXHC1983
0016.040:bá

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 菝0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 拔 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan
Source notation ^⿱艹拔$(GHTJ)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹拔$(GHTJ)

^⿱艹⿰扌⿺友丶$(P)

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