to hold; to contain; to grasp

Made up of [ shǒu hand radical 64, to long for; to wish; to cling to ]
This measure word can be used with these nouns: dāo (knife)
Made with 7 strokes.
The hand radical suggests 'grasp' and 'ba' provides the phonetic. Measure word for many things held in the hand like brushes, knives, keys, chairs.

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Also uses shǒu component: bàn (to act) bào (to announce) ; bào (to hold) ; dān (to undertake) ; gǎo (to do) ; (skill) ; (to pull) ; qiú (to beat) ; tái (to lift) ; tuī (to push) ; (I (me)) ; zhǎo (to try to find)
Also uses component: (father) (supposition or suggestion) ; (to crawl)

Different tone

(eight) ; (to long for) ; (supposition or suggestion) ; (father)

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Pronunciation

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