Memory phrase for the character: 爸

爸

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Meaning

father, dad, pa

Pronunciation

bà

Explanation

Top: father 父 (.. has a stick ノ in his hand

), bottom: hope 巴 (Behind the doorknob 巴 you may hope.)

Mnemonic

The father's hope is to be a (good) father.

Radicals

父	father	(For punishing:) A stick ノ in his hand has: the father.
巴	to hope, long for	Actually a slumped person 巴 is shown. But the explanations use it as "doorknob". This free interpretatin is based on the character: 把 (bǎ, bà), which is in combination of a hand 扌 and means: doorknob.

Vocabulary

阿爸	Ā bà	Abba (Aramaic word father); by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel
阿爸父	Ā bà fù	Abba (Aramaic word father); by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel
老爸	lǎo bà	father; dad
老爸	lǎo bà

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