Chinese Character Wiki
罷

bà, ba

cease

Original meaning: 

tired, wear out

Depicts a tired bear (能) trapped under a net (网). Based on the original meaning "tired, wear out". The meaning later shifted to "stop" and "quit".

Components
网 iconic component

网  Iconic component

wǎng

  

net

能 iconic component

能  Iconic component

néng

  

to be able

Depicts a bear.

Evolution

罷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
罷 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
罷 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

罢 (罷) 

bà

cease, finish, stop; give up; to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish

罢 (罷) 

ba

(final particle, same as 吧)

Most common words with 罷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

罢了

a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

罢

to stop

罢工

a strike

也罢

never mind

罢休

to give up

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

擺

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ˤrajʔ

beaX

bà

stop, cease

*[b]raj

bje

pí

wear out, exhaust


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 21.9766% of movies

1488th most common character in movies

1305th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

罢

Unicode

U+7F77

Shuowen

“罷，遣有辠也。从网、能，言有賢能而入网，而貰遣之。《周禮》曰：‘議能之辟。’”


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