bà
embankment
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 贝 represents the sound. Simplified form of 壩.
Evolution
Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 坝
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
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dam | ||
dam | ||
dam | ||
dam | ||
name of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.1052% of movies
2917th most common character in movies
2786th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+575D |
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