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钯

bǎ

Character Traditional 鈀

What 钯 means

1. palladium (chemistry)
2. Taiwan pr. bā

Other readings

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

• páold variant of {耙|pá}

Words containing 钯

• 钉钯dīng bǎrake

Characters built on 巴

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

• 吧ba(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?
• 把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar
• 爸bàfather; dad; pa
• 爬páto crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
• 芭bāan unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辞; used in 芭蕉…
• 疤bāscar; scab
• 靶bǎtarget; mark
• 笆bāan article made of bamboo strips; fence

Characters that look like 钯

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

• 耙bàa hoe; to harrow
• 轭èyoke
• 钽tǎntantalum (chemistry)
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names
• 铌níniobium (chemistry)
• 粑bāa round flat cake (dialect)

Sounds the same

Read bǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 把to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar
• 靶target; mark
• 㞎(dialect) poo; (dialect) to shit