# 峇

| 峇 | U+5CC7, &#23751; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CC7 |
| ← 峆 [U+5CC6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 峈 → [U+5CC8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

峇 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 山人一口 (UOMR), four-corner 2260$_1$, composition ⿱山合)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 310, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8020
* Dae Jaweon: page 610, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 771, character 1
* Unihan data for U+5CC7

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

From Hokkien.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bā (ba$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baa$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bâ
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baa$^1$
*** Yale: bā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ba$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ
*** Tâi-lô: bâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: baa
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ba²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ba²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ba¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ba²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³/

#### Definitions

峇
* Used in transcription.

#### Compounds

* 中峇魯 / 中峇鲁 (zhōng bālǔ)
* 峇厘 (Bālí)
* 峇峇 (bābā)
* 峇峇娘惹 (bābā niángrě)
* 峇搭人

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kè, kē (ke$^4$, ke$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ, ㄎㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hap$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kè
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kè
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^4$
*** Yale: kè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh
*** Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kē
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ke
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^1$
*** Yale: kē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
*** Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hap$^6$
*** Yale: hahp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hap$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heb$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐp̚²/

#### Definitions

峇
* (historical dictionaries only) cave; cavern

#### Compounds

* 岌峇

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bā / bà
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bā
*** Tâi-lô: bā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ba
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /ba²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ba³³/
*** IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ba⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bà
*** Tâi-lô: bà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bax
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ba⁴¹/

#### Definitions

峇
* (Hokkien) closed tightly
    門關無峇。／门关无峇。 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― Mn̂g koaiⁿ bô bā. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― The door isn't closed tightly.
* (Hokkien) close; agreeing; matching; harmonious
       Goán nn̄g lâng kò-sèng chin bā. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       We two have personalities that really match.

##### Synonyms

* (closed tightly): 密 (mì)

#### Compounds

* 峇嗄
* 峇搭
* 峇搭嗄
* 峇斗
* 搭峇

### Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 峇峇?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bâ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ
*** Tâi-lô: bâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: baa
*** IPA (Singapore): /ba²⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /ba²³/

#### Definitions

峇
* (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) lad; young man

#### Compounds

* 緣投峇 / 缘投峇
* 阿峇

### References

* “峇”, 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–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00814
* “峇”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こう (kō)、ごう (gō)