# 芭

| 芭 | U+82AD, &#33453; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82AD |
| ← 芬 [U+82AC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 芮 → [U+82AE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

芭 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 7 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿日山 (TAU), four-corner 4471$_7$, composition ⿱艹巴)

#### Derived characters

* 𢯓, 𬡞

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1020, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30730
* Dae Jaweon: page 1478, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3185, character 5
* Unihan data for U+82AD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 巴 | *praː |
| 芭 | *praː |
| 笆 | *praː, *braːʔ |
| 豝 | *praː |
| 鈀 | *praː, *pʰraː |
| 吧 | *praː, *pʰraː |
| 蚆 | *praː, *pʰraː |
| 疤 | *praː |
| 把 | *praːʔ |
| 爸 | *praːs, *baʔ |
| 弝 | *praːs |
| 靶 | *praːs |
| 葩 | *pʰraː |
| 舥 | *pʰraː |
| 妑 | *pʰraː |
| 帊 | *pʰraːs |
| 琶 | *braː |
| 爬 | *braː |
| 杷 | *braː, *braːs, *braːs |
| 跁 | *braːʔ, *braːs |
| 耙 | *braːs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *praː) : semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 巴 (OC *praː).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bā (ba$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ба (ba, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baa$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ba$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pâ
* Eastern Min (BUC): bă
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pa
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bā
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ba
*** Wade–Giles: pa$^1$
*** Yale: bā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba
*** Palladius: ба (ba)
*** Sinological IPA : /pä⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ба (ba, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /pa²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baa$^1$
*** Yale: bā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ba$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paː⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ba$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pa⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: ba$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ba$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bă
*** Sinological IPA : /pa⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pa
*** Tâi-lô: pa
*** Phofsit Daibuun: paf
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: pae
Rime :
| Character | 芭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 伯加切 |
| Baxter | pae |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠa/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pa/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /pa/ |
| Wang Li | /pa/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pa/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bā |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | baa$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*praː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 芭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 98 |
| Phonetic component | 巴 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 巴 |
| Old Chinese | /*praː/ |

#### Definitions

芭
* Used in 芭蕉 (bājiāo); also used as its short form.
* a kind of fragrant grass

#### Compounds

* 水上芭蕾
* 沙上芭蕾
* 爵士芭蕾
* 白芭蕾
* 芭拉
* 芭提雅
* 芭樂／芭乐 (bālè)
* 芭樂票／芭乐票 (bālèpiào)
* 芭比 (bābǐ)
* 芭芭拉 (Bābālā)
* 芭菲 (bāfēi)
* 芭蕉 (bājiāo)
* 芭蕉扇 (bājiāoshàn)
* 芭蕾
* 芭蕾劇／芭蕾剧
* 芭蕾劇院／芭蕾剧院
* 芭蕾女演員／芭蕾女演员
* 芭蕾演員／芭蕾演员
* 芭蕾舞
* 芭蕾舞劇／芭蕾舞剧
* 芭蕾舞劇院／芭蕾舞剧院
* 芭蕾舞女演員／芭蕾舞女演员
* 芭蕾舞演員／芭蕾舞演员
* 芭蕾舞裙
* 芭蕾舞設計／芭蕾舞设计
* 芭蕾裙

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pā (pa$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pā
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pa
*** Wade–Giles: pʻa$^1$
*** Yale: pā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pa
*** Palladius: па (pa)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰä⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

芭
* Used in an ancient personal name.
* Alternative form of 葩 (pā)

### References

* “芭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* banana

#### Readings

* Go-on: へ (he)
* Kan-on: は (ha)
* Kan’yō-on: ば (ba)
* Kun: はな (hana, 芭)

#### Compounds

* 芭(ば)蕉(しょう) (bashō)

## Korean
### Hanja

芭 • (pa) (hangeul 파, revised pa, McCune–Reischauer p'a, Yale pha)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Tày
### Classifier

芭 (bâư)
* Nôm form of bâư (“classifier for leaf-like objects”).
    縘㐌删云𱺺困挒 紙𱦊淰难执云芭Khe đạ san vần phin khổn lỉt Chỉa giủp nặm nàn chíp vần bâưThe net when woven into a product is finished is hard to be untied The paper when dipped in the water is hard to be folded into a sheet

### Noun

芭 (bâư)
* Nôm form of bâư (“leaf”).
    坎沃枯模榔芭磊Khảm oóc co mác làng bâư luộiGo past the areca tree whose leaves are drooping

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Vietnamese
### Han character

芭: Hán Việt readings: ba (邦(bang)加(gia)切(thiết))
芭: Nôm readings: ba, bơ
* chữ Hán form of ba (“banana”).
    Synonyms: 桎, 樶, 荎, 蕉

#### Compounds

* 芭蕉 (Ba Tiêu)

### References

* 1 2 3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* ↑ Trần (2004).
* ↑ Génibrel (1898).