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巴: comma-design

JLPT N14 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
4 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ともえtomoe · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 巴ともえtomoe
  • 巴瓦ともえがわらcomma-pattern tile
  • 巴戦ともえせんdogfight

Also read ハ, うずまき, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Focus on yourself! Imagine a line that curves and bends until it points right back at you.”
More in the 己 self story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
己

Also built on self (己)

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巴 gives its sound to

The family reading is ハ (ha). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ハ

5 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
巴 comma-design
vs巳 sign of the snake or serpent
Same parts, arranged differently.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bā

Same form: 巴 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
巴 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
巴 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bā most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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