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Translation

ba̅o = b + ao1: archaic variant of 包[bao1]

Mnemonic

勹 looks like an elephant: 丿 looks like the edge of the ear and ㇆ looks like the head and trunk.

Beelzebub (b) rides an elephant in front of the aorta (ao1), turning the soil with a plow (㇆). Lots of bananas (丿) are revealed in the turned earth.

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勹 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Characters with 勹 as component

spoon / ladle / CL:把[ba3] / abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)
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ten days / ten years / full period
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suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old)
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sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
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(long) time / (long) duration of time
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see 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]
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to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
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Words with 勹

勹 is not used as a character in a word.

Sentences with 勹

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