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把 bǎ — “handle; (grammar helper)”

How to write and say the Chinese character 把 (bǎ), which means handle; (grammar helper) — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: This & that.

Stroke order笔顺

把 is written with 7 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

扌 (hand) hints at the meaning, and 巴 lends its sound — together they make 把.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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