芭 bā a plantain or banana palm
How to remember 芭: 艹 grass + 巴 wait for = a plantain or banana palm. The kids hide in the tall grass and wait for a monkey to climb down from a plantain or banana palm.
Component breakdown
芭 = 艹 grass + 巴 wait for
- 艹 grass
- 巴 wait for
The kids hide in the tall grass and wait for a monkey to climb down from a plantain or banana palm.
How it is used
- Bound; a banana/plantain palm - 芭蕉 (bājiāo) the plantain (banana) plant, common in classical poetry for the sound of rain on its broad leaves.
- Also the transliteration in 芭蕾 (bālěi) ballet, 芭比 (Bābǐ) Barbie.