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筏

fá

Character

What 筏 means

1. raft (of logs)

Other readings

筏 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fávariant of {筏|fá}

Words starting with 筏

• 筏子fá ziraft

Words containing 筏

• 木筏mù fáwooden raft; log raft
• 皮筏pí fáleather float; inflatable raft
• 救生筏jiù shēng fáa life raft

Characters built on 竹

These share the phonetic component 竹 (zhú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 笆bāan article made of bamboo strips; fence
• 笪dárough bamboo mat

Characters that look like 筏

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 涯yáborder; horizon; shore
• 筵yánbamboo mat for sitting
• 筷kuàichopstick
• 筱xiǎodwarf bamboo; thin bamboo
• 葆bǎodense foliage; to cover
• 粱liángsorghum

Sounds the same

Read fá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 罚to punish; to penalize; to fine
• 乏short of; tired
• 伐to cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against
• 阀powerful individual, family or group; clique; (loanword) valve
• 垡to turn the soil; upturned soil; (used in place names)
• 橃large boat; old variant of 筏
• 茷denseness of grass-foliage