Chinese Character Wiki

霸

bà

rule by might rather than right

Components
雨 meaning component

雨  Meaning component

yǔ, yù

  

rain

rain

革 unknown component

革  Unknown component

gé

  

leather

月 unknown component

月  Unknown component

yuè

  

moon

Evolution

霸 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
霸 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
霸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
霸 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
霸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

霸  

bà

rule by might rather than right; hegemon; tyrant; lord; feudal chief; to rule by force; to usurp; (in modern advertising) master

霸 (覇) 

bà

variant of 霸[bà]

Most common words with 霸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

争霸

a power struggle

霸

hegemon

霸气

imperious

霸王

hegemon

霸道

abbr. for 霸王之道

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

壩 灞

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pˤrak-s

paeH

bà

have hegemony

*[pʰˤ]rak

phaek

pò

new moon


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.4392% of movies

1913th most common character in movies

1838th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

21

Unicode

U+9738

Shuowen

“霸，月始生霸然也，承大月二日，承小月三日。从月，聲。《周書》曰：‘哉生霸。’，古文霸。”


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